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Frederick Douglass Quote - What to the Slave is the 4th of July.

What to the Slave is the 4th of July.

Frederick Douglass

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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.
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Carve Circumstance Man Work
The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle.
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Claim Earn History Human Liberty Progress Show
Fortune may crowd a man’s life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing unless he makes a wise and vigorous use of them.
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People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
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What upon Earth is the matter with the American people? Do they really covet the world’s ridicule as well as their own social and political ruin?
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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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The marriage institution cannot exist among slaves, and one sixth of the population of democratic America is denied it’s privileges by the law of the land.
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Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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Man’s greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value.
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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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A man’s character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.
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A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
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Dangerous Indeed Knowledge Learning People Slave

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