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Frederick Douglass Quotes

I have observed this in my experience of slavery, that whenever my condition was improved, instead of increasing my contentment; it only increased my desire to be free, and set me thinking of plans to gain my freedom Picture Quote #1

Some know the value of education by having it. I know it’s value by not having it Picture Quote #1

A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country Picture Quote #1

I know no class of my fellowmen, however just, enlightened, and humane, which can be wisely and safely trusted absolutely with the liberties of any other class Picture Quote #1

You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed Picture Quote #1

You degrade us and then ask why we are degraded. You shut our mouths and ask why we don’t speak. You close your colleges and seminaries against us and then ask why we don’t know Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we have the means to live respectfully Picture Quote #1

A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box Picture Quote #1

Heaven’s blessing must attend all, and freedom must soon be given to the pining millions under a ruthless bondage Picture Quote #1

Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free Picture Quote #1

No man can be truly free whose liberty is dependent upon the thought, feeling and action of others, and who has himself no means in his own hands for guarding, protecting, defending and maintaining that liberty Picture Quote #1

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A war undertaken and brazenly carried for the perpetual enslavement of the colored men, calls logically and loudly for the colored men to help suppress it Picture Quote #1

The man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down Picture Quote #1

Men and women, old and young, married and single, were ranked with horses, sheep, and swine Picture Quote #1

It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part Picture Quote #1

Who would be free themselves must strike the blow. Better even to die free than to live slaves Picture Quote #1

If there is no struggle, there is no progress... This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will Picture Quote #1

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Educate your sons and daughters, send them to school, and show them that beside the cartridge box, the ballot box, and the jury box, you also have the knowledge box Picture Quote #1

The silver trump of freedom had roused my soul to eternal wakefulness. Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever. It was heard in every sound, and seen in every thing Picture Quote #1

I have no protection at home, or resting place abroad... I am an outcast from the society of my childhood, and an outlaw in the land of my birth. I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner as all my fathers were Picture Quote #1

If we ever get free from all the oppressions and wrongs heaped upon us, we must pay for their removal. We must do this by labor, by suffering, by sacrifice, and, if needs be, by our lives, and the lives of others Picture Quote #1

I was broken in body, soul, and spirit. My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark that lingered about my eye died; the dark night of slavery closed in upon me; and behold a man transformed into a brute! Picture Quote #1

If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle Picture Quote #1

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I have often wished myself a beast. I preferred the condition of the meanest reptile to my own. Any thing, no matter what, to get rid of thinking! It was this everlasting thinking of my condition that tormented me. There was no getting rid of it. It was pressed upon me by every object within sight or hearing, animate or inanimate Picture Quote #1

Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever... I saw nothing without seeing it, I heard nothing without hearing it, and felt nothing without feeling it. It looked from every star, it smiled in every calm, breathed in every wind, and moved in every storm Picture Quote #1

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I have observed this in my experience of slavery, that whenever my condition was improved, instead of increasing my contentment; it only increased my desire to be free, and set me thinking of plans to gain my freedom (Frederick Douglass Quotes) Some know the value of education by having it. I know it’s value by not having it (Frederick Douglass Quotes) A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country (Frederick Douglass Quotes) I know no class of my fellowmen, however just, enlightened, and humane, which can be wisely and safely trusted absolutely with the liberties of any other class (Frederick Douglass Quotes) You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed (Frederick Douglass Quotes) You degrade us and then ask why we are degraded. You shut our mouths and ask why we don’t speak. You close your colleges and seminaries against us and then ask why we don’t know (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 (Frederick Douglass Quotes) Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we have the means to live respectfully (Frederick Douglass Quotes) A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box (Frederick Douglass Quotes) Heaven’s blessing must attend all, and freedom must soon be given to the pining millions under a ruthless bondage (Frederick Douglass Quotes) Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free (Frederick Douglass Quotes) No man can be truly free whose liberty is dependent upon the thought, feeling and action of others, and who has himself no means in his own hands for guarding, protecting, defending and maintaining that liberty (Frederick Douglass Quotes) A war undertaken and brazenly carried for the perpetual enslavement of the colored men, calls logically and loudly for the colored men to help suppress it (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 (Frederick Douglass Quotes) Men and women, old and young, married and single, were ranked with horses, sheep, and swine (Frederick Douglass Quotes) It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part (Frederick Douglass Quotes) Who would be free themselves must strike the blow. Better even to die free than to live slaves (Frederick Douglass Quotes) If there is no struggle, there is no progress... This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will (Frederick Douglass Quotes) Educate your sons and daughters, send them to school, and show them that beside the cartridge box, the ballot box, and the jury box, you also have the knowledge box (Frederick Douglass Quotes) The silver trump of freedom had roused my soul to eternal wakefulness. Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever. It was heard in every sound, and seen in every thing (Frederick Douglass Quotes) I have no protection at home, or resting place abroad... I am an outcast from the society of my childhood, and an outlaw in the land of my birth. I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner as all my fathers were (Frederick Douglass Quotes) If we ever get free from all the oppressions and wrongs heaped upon us, we must pay for their removal. We must do this by labor, by suffering, by sacrifice, and, if needs be, by our lives, and the lives of others (Frederick Douglass Quotes) I was broken in body, soul, and spirit. My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark that lingered about my eye died; the dark night of slavery closed in upon me; and behold a man transformed into a brute! (Frederick Douglass Quotes) If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle (Frederick Douglass Quotes) I have often wished myself a beast. I preferred the condition of the meanest reptile to my own. Any thing, no matter what, to get rid of thinking! It was this everlasting thinking of my condition that tormented me. There was no getting rid of it. It was pressed upon me by every object within sight or hearing, animate or inanimate (Frederick Douglass Quotes) Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever... I saw nothing without seeing it, I heard nothing without hearing it, and felt nothing without feeling it. It looked from every star, it smiled in every calm, breathed in every wind, and moved in every storm (Frederick Douglass Quotes)

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