A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
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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I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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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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The ballot is the only safety.
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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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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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Some know the value of education by having it. I knew its value by not having it.
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The man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the universe.
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The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.
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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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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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