What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSFreedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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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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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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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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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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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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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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A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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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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