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.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA man, at times, gets something for nothing, but it will, in his hands, amount to nothing.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.
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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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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist.
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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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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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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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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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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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A man’s character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.
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