Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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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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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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What upon Earth is the matter with the American people? Do they really covet the world’s ridicule as well as their own social and political ruin?
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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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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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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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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There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution.
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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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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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A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
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