You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
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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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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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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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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I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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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 opposite of compromise is character.
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One and God make a majority.
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A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
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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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It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.
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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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I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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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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