Some know the value of education by having it. I knew its value by not having it.
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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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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What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
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Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
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There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution.
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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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I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
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Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we have the means to live respectfully.
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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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I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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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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It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.
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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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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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