The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
A 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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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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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 is possible for me is possible for you.
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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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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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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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I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever.
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Fortune may crowd a man’s life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing unless he makes a wise and vigorous use of them.
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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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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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