I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThe man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.
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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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A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
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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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I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
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The marriage institution cannot exist among slaves, and one sixth of the population of democratic America is denied it’s privileges by the law of the land.
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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value.
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The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle.
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We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is work.
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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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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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