Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThe silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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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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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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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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The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.
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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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No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
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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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A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.
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It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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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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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 silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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