I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSLiberty for all; chains for none.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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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 little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
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A man, at times, gets something for nothing, but it will, in his hands, amount to nothing.
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The opposite of compromise is character.
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I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
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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 had as well be killed running as die standing.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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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.
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