It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSInterpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
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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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The ballot is the only safety.
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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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A man’s character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.
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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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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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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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A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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You have to take power. No one gives it.
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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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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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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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