I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.
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’s character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.
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One and God make a majority.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.
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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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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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A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.
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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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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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Poverty, ignorance and degradation are the combined evils, these constitute the social disease of the free colored people of the US.
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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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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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A man is worked upon by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well.
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I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.
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