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Them Quotes by Frederick Douglass
- The Constitution is a GLORIOUS LIBERTY DOCUMENT. Read its preamble, consider it purposes. Is slavery among them? Is it at the gateway? or is it…
- If we would reach a degree of civilization higher and grander than any yet attained, we should welcome to our ample continent all nations, kindreds…
- For of all slaveholders with whom I have ever met, religious slaveholders are the worst. I have ever found them the meanest and basest, the…
- John Brown's zeal in the cause of freedom was infinitely superior to mine. Mine was as the taper light; his was as the burning sun.…
- 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…
- These dear souls came not to Sabbath school because it was popular to do so, nor did I teach them because it was reputable to…
- Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized…
- 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…
- This struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, and it may be both moral and physical, but it must…
- Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them,…
- Grandmother pointed out my brother Perry, my sister Sarah, and my sister Eliza, who stood in the group. I had never seen my brother nor…
- Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you…
- Where justice is denied, wherepoverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and whereany one class is made to feel that society is in an organizedconspiracy to…
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- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster