The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSFreedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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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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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.
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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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The man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the universe.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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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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Man’s greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
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I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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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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