If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSEvery one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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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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Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.
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People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
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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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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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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 know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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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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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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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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