It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.
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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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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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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One and God make a majority.
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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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Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
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We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is work.
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The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.
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A man, at times, gets something for nothing, but it will, in his hands, amount to nothing.
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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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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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You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.
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What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
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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 didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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