Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA 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.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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What upon Earth is the matter with the American people? Do they really covet the world’s ridicule as well as their own social and political ruin?
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Some know the value of education by having it. I knew its value by not having it.
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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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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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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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Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free.
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Our community belongs to us and whether it is mean or majestic, whether arrayed in glory or covered in shame, we cannot but share its character and destiny.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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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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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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