You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
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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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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A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.
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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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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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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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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 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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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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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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