I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSRight is of no sex, Truth is of no color, God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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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.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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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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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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A man, at times, gets something for nothing, but it will, in his hands, amount to nothing.
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One and God make a majority.
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People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
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A woman should have every honorable motive to exertion which is enjoyed by man, to the full extent of her capacities and endowments.
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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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A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
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