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.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSOur destiny is largely in our hands.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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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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Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
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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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A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.
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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist.
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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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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
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It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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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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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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Immense wealth, and its lavish expenditure, fill the great house with all that can please the eye, or tempt the taste. Here, appetite, not food, is the great desideratum.
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