Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA man is worked on by what he works on.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.
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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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If I have advocated the cause of the Negro, it is not because I am a Negro, but because I am a man.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
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Right is of no sex, Truth is of no color, God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren.
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Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.
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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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A man’s character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.
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A woman should have every honorable motive to exertion which is enjoyed by man, to the full extent of her capacities and endowments.
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