Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThe limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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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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The ballot is the only safety.
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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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You have to take power. No one gives it.
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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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I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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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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Immense wealth, and its lavish expenditure, fill the great house with all that can please the eye, or tempt the taste. Here, appetite, not food, is the great desideratum.
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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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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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