A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSI know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.
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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
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You have to take power. No one gives it.
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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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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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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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Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free.
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I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.
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We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is work.
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Our community belongs to us and whether it is mean or majestic, whether arrayed in glory or covered in shame, we cannot but share its character and destiny.
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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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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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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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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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