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.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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Poverty, ignorance and degradation are the combined evils, these constitute the social disease of the free colored people of the US.
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We are free to say that in respect to political rights, we hold women to be justly entitled to all we claim for men.
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I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
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Some know the value of education by having it. I knew its value by not having it.
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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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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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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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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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