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.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThe marriage institution cannot exist among slaves, and one sixth of the population of democratic America is denied it’s privileges by the law of the land.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever.
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The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.
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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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People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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The marriage institution cannot exist among slaves, and one sixth of the population of democratic America is denied it’s privileges by the law of the land.
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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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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
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The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle.
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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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There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution.
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