I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.
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 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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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution.
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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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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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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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A smile or a tear has no nationality; joy and sorrow speak alike to all nations, and they, above all the confusion of tongues, proclaim the brotherhood of man.
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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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What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.
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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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The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle.
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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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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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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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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 life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle.
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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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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
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