The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSYou have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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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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We are free to say that in respect to political rights, we hold women to be justly entitled to all we claim for men.
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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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Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.
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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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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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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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Immense wealth, and its lavish expenditure, fill the great house with all that can please the eye, or tempt the taste. Here, appetite, not food, is the great desideratum.
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