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Some know the value of education by having it. I know it's value by not having it.
Frederick Douglass
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Frederick Douglass
Age: 77 †
Born: 1818
Born: February 14
Died: 1895
Died: February 20
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Beat and cuff your slave, keep him hungry and spiritless, and he will follow the chain of his master like a dog. Feed and clothe him well, work him moderately, surround him with physical comfort and dreams of freedom intrude.
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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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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.
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[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... I could speak for the slave. John Brown could fight for the slave.
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Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, . . . neither persons nor property will be safe.
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Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
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Fortune may crowd a man's life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing unless he makes a wise and vigorous use of them.
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The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.
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Did John Brown fail? John Brown began the war that ended American slavery and made this a free Republic.
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