People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
More Quotes from Frederick Douglass:
A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.Frederick Douglass
A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
Frederick Douglass
You have seen how a man was made a slave you shall see how a slave was made a man.
Frederick Douglass
We had talked long enough we were now ready to move if not now, we never should be and if we did not intend to move now, we had as well fold our arms, sit down, and acknowledge ourselves fit only to be slaves.
Frederick Douglass
A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.
Frederick Douglass
A man's character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.
Frederick Douglass
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