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Frederick Douglass quotes: 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? 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?
Frederick Douglass quotes: Allow us the dignity to fight for our own freedom Allow us the dignity to fight for our own freedom
Frederick Douglass quotes: No people to whom liberty is given can hold it as firmly and wear it as grandly as those who wrench their liberty from the iron hand of the tyrant. No people to whom liberty is given can hold it as firmly and wear it as grandly as those who wrench their liberty from the iron hand of the tyrant.
Frederick Douglass quotes: At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
Frederick Douglass quotes: Our destiny is largely in our hands. Our destiny is largely in our hands.
Frederick Douglass quotes: To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker. To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.
Frederick Douglass quotes: This war, disguise it as they may, is virtually nothing more or less than perpetual slavery against universal freedoms. This war, disguise it as they may, is virtually nothing more or less than perpetual slavery against universal freedoms.
Frederick Douglass quotes: Did John Brown fail? John Brown began the war that ended American slavery and made this a free Republic. Did John Brown fail? John Brown began the war that ended American slavery and made this a free Republic.
Frederick Douglass quotes: What is possible for me is possible for you. What is possible for me is possible for you.
Frederick Douglass quotes: They who study mankind with a whip in their hands will always go wrong. They who study mankind with a whip in their hands will always go wrong.
Frederick Douglass quotes: The sunlight that has brought life and healing to you has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. The sunlight that has brought life and healing to you has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth of July is yours, not mine.
Frederick Douglass quotes: It is the mission of the printer to diffuse light and knowledge by a judicious intermingling of black with white. It is the mission of the printer to diffuse light and knowledge by a judicious intermingling of black with white.
Frederick Douglass quotes: Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document! Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
Frederick Douglass quotes: It's easier to build strong children then repair broken men. It's easier to build strong children then repair broken men.
Frederick Douglass quotes: It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
Frederick Douglass quotes: A man, at times, gets something for nothing, but it will, in his hands, amount to nothing. A man, at times, gets something for nothing, but it will, in his hands, amount to nothing.
Frederick Douglass quotes: From the first I saw no chance of bettering the condition of the freedman until he should cease to be merely a freedman and should become a citizen. From the first I saw no chance of bettering the condition of the freedman until he should cease to be merely a freedman and should become a citizen.
Frederick Douglass quotes: The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness. The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
Frederick Douglass quotes: He who would be free must strike the first blow. He who would be free must strike the first blow.
Frederick Douglass quotes: Without struggle there can be no forward progress! Without struggle there can be no forward progress!
Frederick Douglass quotes: Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet. Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
Frederick Douglass quotes: Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere
Frederick Douglass quotes: Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.
Frederick Douglass quotes: Men and women, old and young, married and single, were ranked with horses, sheep, and swine Men and women, old and young, married and single, were ranked with horses, sheep, and swine
Frederick Douglass quotes: Every tone was a testimony against slavery, and a prayer to God for deliverance from chains. Every tone was a testimony against slavery, and a prayer to God for deliverance from chains.
Frederick Douglass quotes: He who is whipped oftenest, is whipped easiest. He who is whipped oftenest, is whipped easiest.
Frederick Douglass quotes: Without a struggle, there can be no progress. Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
Frederick Douglass quotes: Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude. Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
Frederick Douglass quotes: Poverty, ignorance and degradation are the combined evils, these constitute the social disease of the free colored people of the US. Poverty, ignorance and degradation are the combined evils, these constitute the social disease of the free colored people of the US.
Frederick Douglass quotes: The man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down. The man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down.
Frederick Douglass quotes: Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places. Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
Frederick Douglass quotes: In all the relations of life and death, we are met by the color line. In all the relations of life and death, we are met by the color line.
Frederick Douglass quotes: Once you learn to read, you will forever be free. Once you learn to read, you will forever be free.
Frederick Douglass quotes: The ballot is the only safety. The ballot is the only safety.
Frederick Douglass quotes: From apparently the basest metals we have the finest toned bells. From apparently the basest metals we have the finest toned bells.
Frederick Douglass quotes: As those who believe in the visibility of ghosts can easily see them, so it is always easy to see repulsive qualities in those we despise and hate. As those who believe in the visibility of ghosts can easily see them, so it is always easy to see repulsive qualities in those we despise and hate.
Frederick Douglass quotes: We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is WORK! WORK!! WORK!!! WORK!!!! We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is WORK! WORK!! WORK!!! WORK!!!!
Frederick Douglass quotes: A man is worked on by what he works on. A man is worked on by what he works on.
Frederick Douglass quotes: 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. 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.
Frederick Douglass quotes: The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart
Frederick Douglass quotes: A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
Frederick Douglass quotes: Despite of it all, the Negro remains ... cool, strong, imperturbable, and cheerful. Despite of it all, the Negro remains ... cool, strong, imperturbable, and cheerful.
Frederick Douglass quotes: Yet people in general will say they like colored men as well as any other, but in their proper place. Yet people in general will say they like colored men as well as any other, but in their proper place.
Frederick Douglass quotes: If I have advocated the cause of the Negro, it is not because I am a Negro, but because I am a man. If I have advocated the cause of the Negro, it is not because I am a Negro, but because I am a man.
Frederick Douglass quotes: 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. 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.
Frederick Douglass quotes: I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity. I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
Frederick Douglass quotes: They suppress the truth rather than take the consequence of telling it, and in so doing prove themselves a part of the human family. They suppress the truth rather than take the consequence of telling it, and in so doing prove themselves a part of the human family.
Frederick Douglass quotes: A man's character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him. A man's character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.
Frederick Douglass quotes: It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part. It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.
Frederick Douglass quotes: The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery. The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery.
Frederick Douglass quotes: I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted. I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted.
Frederick Douglass quotes: People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get. People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
Frederick Douglass quotes: The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people. The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.
Frederick Douglass quotes: Some know the value of education by having it. I know it's value by not having it. Some know the value of education by having it. I know it's value by not having it.
Frederick Douglass quotes: When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind. When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind.
Frederick Douglass quotes: The silver trump of freedom had roused my soul to eternal wakefulness. The silver trump of freedom had roused my soul to eternal wakefulness.
Frederick Douglass quotes: The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion. The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
Frederick Douglass quotes: A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people. A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
Frederick Douglass quotes: I could, as a free man, look across the bay toward the Eastern Shore where I was born a slave. I could, as a free man, look across the bay toward the Eastern Shore where I was born a slave.
Frederick Douglass quotes: I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety. I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety.
Frederick Douglass quotes: I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs. I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
Frederick Douglass quotes: It's a poor rule that won't work both ways. It's a poor rule that won't work both ways.
Frederick Douglass quotes: The soul that is within me no man can degrade. The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
Frederick Douglass quotes: Fugitive slaves were rare then, and as a fugitive slave lecturer, I had the advantage of being the first one out. Fugitive slaves were rare then, and as a fugitive slave lecturer, I had the advantage of being the first one out.
Frederick Douglass quotes: In life you don't get everything you pay for, but you must pay for everything you get. In life you don't get everything you pay for, but you must pay for everything you get.
Frederick Douglass quotes: Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave. Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
Frederick Douglass quotes: Abolition of slavery had been the deepest desire and the great labor of my life Abolition of slavery had been the deepest desire and the great labor of my life
Frederick Douglass quotes: We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future. We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.
Frederick Douglass quotes: Men are whipped oftenest who are whipped easiest. Men are whipped oftenest who are whipped easiest.
Frederick Douglass quotes: We are free to say that in respect to political rights, we hold women to be justly entitled to all we claim for men. We are free to say that in respect to political rights, we hold women to be justly entitled to all we claim for men.
Frederick Douglass quotes: 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. 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.
Frederick Douglass quotes: Beware of a Yankee when he is feeding, Beware of a Yankee when he is feeding,
Frederick Douglass quotes: I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence. I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.
Frederick Douglass quotes: The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance. The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
Frederick Douglass quotes: The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
Frederick Douglass quotes: A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity. A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
Frederick Douglass quotes: Knowledge unfits a child to be a slave. Knowledge unfits a child to be a slave.
Frederick Douglass quotes: The opposite of compromise is character. The opposite of compromise is character.
Frederick Douglass quotes: For my part, I should prefer death to hopeless bondage. For my part, I should prefer death to hopeless bondage.
Frederick Douglass quotes: What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice. What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.
Frederick Douglass quotes: I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it. I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it.
Frederick Douglass quotes: Without any appeal to books, to laws, or to authorities of any kind, it was enough to accept God as a father, to regard slavery as a crime. I Without any appeal to books, to laws, or to authorities of any kind, it was enough to accept God as a father, to regard slavery as a crime. I
Frederick Douglass quotes: Most successful one was that of tarring his fence all around; after which, if a slave was caught Most successful one was that of tarring his fence all around; after which, if a slave was caught
Frederick Douglass quotes: Going to live at Baltimore laid the foundation, and opened the gateway, to all my subsequent prosperity. Going to live at Baltimore laid the foundation, and opened the gateway, to all my subsequent prosperity.
Frederick Douglass quotes: Right is of no sex, Truth is of no color, God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren Right is of no sex, Truth is of no color, God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren
Frederick Douglass quotes: I hear the mournful wail of millions! I hear the mournful wail of millions!
Frederick Douglass quotes: Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave. Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
Frederick Douglass quotes: You have to take power. No one gives it. You have to take power. No one gives it.
Frederick Douglass quotes: A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me. A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
Frederick Douglass quotes: Heaven's blessing must attend all, and freedom must soon be given to the pining millions under a ruthless bondage. Heaven's blessing must attend all, and freedom must soon be given to the pining millions under a ruthless bondage.
Frederick Douglass quotes: I ask you ... to adopt the principles proclaimed by yourselves, by your revolutionary fathers, and by the old bell in Independence Hall ... I ask you ... to adopt the principles proclaimed by yourselves, by your revolutionary fathers, and by the old bell in Independence Hall ...
Frederick Douglass quotes: Be not discouraged. There is a future for you ... The resistance encountered now predicates hope ... Be not discouraged. There is a future for you ... The resistance encountered now predicates hope ...
Frederick Douglass quotes: The law on the side of freedom is of great advantage only when there is power to make that law respected. The law on the side of freedom is of great advantage only when there is power to make that law respected.
Frederick Douglass quotes: The mind does not take its complexion from the skin ... The mind does not take its complexion from the skin ...
Frederick Douglass quotes: America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future. America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.
Frederick Douglass quotes: The destiny of the colored American ... is the destiny of America. The destiny of the colored American ... is the destiny of America.
Frederick Douglass quotes: I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master. I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.
Frederick Douglass quotes: I will unite with anyone to do good, but with no one to do harm. I will unite with anyone to do good, but with no one to do harm.
Frederick Douglass quotes: The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous. The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
Frederick Douglass quotes: 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. 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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