The man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSNo man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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A man is worked upon by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well.
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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 is possible for me is possible for you.
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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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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
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Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
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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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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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