The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle.
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 simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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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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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value.
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Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.
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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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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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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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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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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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The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.
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