Our community belongs to us and whether it is mean or majestic, whether arrayed in glory or covered in shame, we cannot but share its character and destiny.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSI prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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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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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 prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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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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It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
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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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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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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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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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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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What upon Earth is the matter with the American people? Do they really covet the world’s ridicule as well as their own social and political ruin?
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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