A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
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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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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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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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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What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.
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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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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.
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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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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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The opposite of compromise is character.
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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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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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