You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA 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.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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What upon Earth is the matter with the American people? Do they really covet the world’s ridicule as well as their own social and political ruin?
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I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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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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One and God make a majority.
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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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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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If I have advocated the cause of the Negro, it is not because I am a Negro, but because I am a man.
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People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
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The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle.
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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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