A woman should have every honorable motive to exertion which is enjoyed by man, to the full extent of her capacities and endowments.
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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A man’s character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.
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A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free.
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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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Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
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The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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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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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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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
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You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.
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