A man is worked upon by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSIt’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.
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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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Some know the value of education by having it. I knew its value by not having it.
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To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken the moral and mental vision and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.
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Educate your sons and daughters, send them to school, and show them that beside the cartridge box, the ballot box, and the jury box, you also have the knowledge box.
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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
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