A man is worked on by what he works on.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
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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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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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If I have advocated the cause of the Negro, it is not because I am a Negro, but because I am a man.
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I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.
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I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.
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A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.
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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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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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One and God make a majority.
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Our destiny is largely in our hands.
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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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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever.
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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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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
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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.
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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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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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The marriage institution cannot exist among slaves, and one sixth of the population of democratic America is denied it’s privileges by the law of the land.
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