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.
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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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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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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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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You have to take power. No one gives it.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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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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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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Poverty, ignorance and degradation are the combined evils, these constitute the social disease of the free colored people of the US.
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