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.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA woman should have every honorable motive to exertion which is enjoyed by man, to the full extent of her capacities and endowments.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.
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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.
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Nature has given woman the same powers, and subjected her to the same earth, breathes the same air, subsists on the same food, physical, moral, mental and spiritual. She has, therefore, an equal right with man, in all efforts to obtain and maintain a perfect existence.
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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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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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Educate your sons and daughters, send them to school, and show them that beside the cartridge box, the ballot box, and the jury box, you also have the knowledge box.
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Fortune may crowd a man’s life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing unless he makes a wise and vigorous use of them.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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