You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThe simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
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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 prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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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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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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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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I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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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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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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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 thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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You have to take power. No one gives it.
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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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