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Frederick Douglass Quote - I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.

I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.

Frederick Douglass

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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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Immense wealth, and its lavish expenditure, fill the great house with all that can please the eye, or tempt the taste. Here, appetite, not food, is the great desideratum.
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