The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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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I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
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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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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 great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.
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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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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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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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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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