A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
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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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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Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we have the means to live respectfully.
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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.
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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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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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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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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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It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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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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It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.
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