Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThe man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the universe.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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What upon Earth is the matter with the American people? Do they really covet the world’s ridicule as well as their own social and political ruin?
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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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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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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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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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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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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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Educate your sons and daughters, send them to school, and show them that beside the cartridge box, the ballot box, and the jury box, you also have the knowledge box.
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The man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the universe.
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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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