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.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSI do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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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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Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.
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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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Poverty, ignorance and degradation are the combined evils, these constitute the social disease of the free colored people of the US.
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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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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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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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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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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The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.
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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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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
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