A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
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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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 marriage institution cannot exist among slaves, and one sixth of the population of democratic America is denied it’s privileges by the law of the land.
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A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.
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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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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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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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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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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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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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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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