A man is worked upon by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well.
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 man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the universe.
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What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
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The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.
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Nature has given woman the same powers, and subjected her to the same earth, breathes the same air, subsists on the same food, physical, moral, mental and spiritual. She has, therefore, an equal right with man, in all efforts to obtain and maintain a perfect existence.
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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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A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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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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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution.
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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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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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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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