My hopes were never brighter than now.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThe thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken the moral and mental vision and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.
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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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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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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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To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.
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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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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.
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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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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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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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Man’s greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
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