Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA man’s character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
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I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
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Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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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 District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.
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One and God make a majority.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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A woman should have every honorable motive to exertion which is enjoyed by man, to the full extent of her capacities and endowments.
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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 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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Immense wealth, and its lavish expenditure, fill the great house with all that can please the eye, or tempt the taste. Here, appetite, not food, is the great desideratum.
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