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.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSPraying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.
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What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.
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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.
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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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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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