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Quote by Frederick Douglass
You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slav

You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man. – Frederick Douglass

Other quotes by 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

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Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. – Frederick Douglass

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Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity. – Desmond Tutu

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Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart. – Countess of Blessington

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The United States has been called the melting pot of the world. But it seems to me that the colored man either missed getting into the pot or he got melted down. – Thurgood Marshall

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Today we know with certainty that segregation is dead. The only question remaining is how costly will be the funeral. – Martin Luther King,Jr.

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Laws are not masters, but servants, and he rules them, who obeys them. – Ward Becker

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Some writers can only deal with childhood experience, because its complete. For another kind of writer, life goes on, and hes able to keep processing that as well. – V. S. Naipaul

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