A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSNeither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we have the means to live respectfully.
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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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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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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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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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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I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution.
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To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken the moral and mental vision and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.
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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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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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I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.
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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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A smile or a tear has no nationality; joy and sorrow speak alike to all nations, and they, above all the confusion of tongues, proclaim the brotherhood of man.
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