People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSLiberty for all; chains for none.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
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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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What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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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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We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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I 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.
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I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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