You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSFreedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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The man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.
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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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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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Fortune may crowd a man’s life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing unless he makes a wise and vigorous use of them.
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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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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People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
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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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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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