Poverty, ignorance and degradation are the combined evils, these constitute the social disease of the free colored people of the US.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSSome know the value of education by having it. I knew its value by not having it.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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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 white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.
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Our destiny is largely in our hands.
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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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A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
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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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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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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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There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution.
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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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Right is of no sex, Truth is of no color, God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren.
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