We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is work.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSEducation 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.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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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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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.
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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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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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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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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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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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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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A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
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