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 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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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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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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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever.
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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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Our destiny is largely in our hands.
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The man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down.
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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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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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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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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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A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
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I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
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