The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSPeople might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.
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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
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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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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
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Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
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We are free to say that in respect to political rights, we hold women to be justly entitled to all we claim for men.
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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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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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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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