A man’s character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSPoverty, ignorance and degradation are the combined evils, these constitute the social disease of the free colored people of the US.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.
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What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
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The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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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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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
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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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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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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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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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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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