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.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSNature has given woman the same powers, and subjected her to the same earth, breathes the same air, subsists on the same food, physical, moral, mental and spiritual. She has, therefore, an equal right with man, in all efforts to obtain and maintain a perfect existence.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
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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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I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value.
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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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Right is of no sex, Truth is of no color, God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren.
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Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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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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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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You have to take power. No one gives it.
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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Nature has given woman the same powers, and subjected her to the same earth, breathes the same air, subsists on the same food, physical, moral, mental and spiritual. She has, therefore, an equal right with man, in all efforts to obtain and maintain a perfect existence.
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