The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSOur destiny is largely in our hands.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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The opposite of compromise is character.
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Our community belongs to us and whether it is mean or majestic, whether arrayed in glory or covered in shame, we cannot but share its character and destiny.
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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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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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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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You have to take power. No one gives it.
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Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever.
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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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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
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The man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the universe.
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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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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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