A man is worked on by what he works on.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThe mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
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I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.
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The man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down.
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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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People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
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I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.
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If I have advocated the cause of the Negro, it is not because I am a Negro, but because I am a man.
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It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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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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