We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA man is worked upon by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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Our community belongs to us and whether it is mean or majestic, whether arrayed in glory or covered in shame, we cannot but share its character and destiny.
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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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Our destiny is largely in our hands.
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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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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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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 mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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A man, at times, gets something for nothing, but it will, in his hands, amount to nothing.
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Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.
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