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.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSLiberty for all; chains for none.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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The marriage institution cannot exist among slaves, and one sixth of the population of democratic America is denied it’s privileges by the law of the land.
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The man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the universe.
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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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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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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 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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Nature has given woman the same powers, and subjected her to the same earth, breathes the same air, subsists on the same food, physical, moral, mental and spiritual. She has, therefore, an equal right with man, in all efforts to obtain and maintain a perfect existence.
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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 is possible for me is possible for you.
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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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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
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A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
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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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