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People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
One and God make a majority.
The ballot is the only safety.
Let us render the tyrant no aid.
Oppression makes a wise man mad.
Liberty for all; chains for none.
Without Struggle There Is No Success
Our destiny is largely in our hands.
I hear the mournful wail of millions!
What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
My hopes were never brighter than now.
A man is worked on by what he works on.
Knowledge unfits a child to be a slave.
That which is inhuman cannot be divine.
The opposite of compromise is character.
You have to take power. No one gives it.
Once you read, you will be free forever.
Right is of no sex, truth is of no color.
Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
It's a poor rule that won't work both ways.
If there's no struggle, there's no progress.
What is possible for me is possible for you.
Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
I had as well be killed running as die standing
He who is whipped oftenest, is whipped easiest.
He who would be free must strike the first blow.
Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere
Allow us the dignity to fight for our own freedom
Men are whipped oftenest who are whipped easiest.
Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
... and in thinking of my life, I almost forgot my liberty.
It was unlawful, as well as unsafe, to teach a slave to read.
Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
I will unite with anyone to do good, but with no one to do harm.
I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity...
The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
The destiny of the colored American ... is the destiny of America.
I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
In all the relations of life and death, we are met by the color line.
The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
I escaped from slavery and became a leading abolitionist and speaker.
A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
