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.
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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Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.
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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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I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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One and God make a majority.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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The opposite of compromise is character.
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A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.
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Educate your sons and daughters, send them to school, and show them that beside the cartridge box, the ballot box, and the jury box, you also have the knowledge box.
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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
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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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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.
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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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