People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThe limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist.
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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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Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
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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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Educate your sons and daughters, send them to school, and show them that beside the cartridge box, the ballot box, and the jury box, you also have the knowledge box.
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Man’s greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
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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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What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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One and God make a majority.
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The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle.
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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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I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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