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Free Quotes by Frederick Douglass
- We are free to say that in respect to political rights, we hold women to be justly entitled to all we claim for men.
- He who would be free must strike the first blow.
- 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…
- 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…
- Who would be free themselves must strike the blow. Better even to die free than to live slaves.
- Did John Brown fail? John Brown began the war that ended American slavery and made this a free Republic.
- The thought of only being a creature of the present and the past was troubling. I longed for a future too, with hope in it.…
- Once you read, you will be free forever.
- 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…
- To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.
- I could, as a free man, look across the bay toward the Eastern Shore where I was born a slave.
- Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
- I have observed this in my experience of slavery, - that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only increased…
- 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…
More Free Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The law is reason, free from passion. — Aristotle
- Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are… — Aristotle
- In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. — Richard Bach
- That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed… — Timothy Garton Ash
- WikiLeaks is designed to make capitalism more free and ethical. — Julian Assange
- They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of… — Chinua Achebe
- He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a… — Saint Augustine