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Quote by Frederick Douglass
We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the p

We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future. – Frederick Douglass

Other quotes by Frederick Douglass

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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Freedom
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Frederick Douglass
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There is no Negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution. – Frederick Douglass

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Black History
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Frederick Douglass
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Keep all special thoughts and memories for lifetimes to come. Share these keepsakes with others to inspire hope and build from the past, which can bridge to the future. – Mattie Stepanek

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Future

Stephen King in many respects is a wonderful writer. He has made a contribution. People in the future will be able to pick up Stephen Kings books and learn a lot about who we were by reading those books. – Anne Rice

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Future

In a time of tight budgets, difficult choices have to be made. We must make sure our very limited resources are spent on priorities. I believe we should have no higher priority than investing in our childrens classrooms and in their future. – Bob Riley

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Future

My future is righteousness. – Bob Marley

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Future

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There are three classes of men lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain. – Plato

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Men

I also think it was important for me and Freddie to be able to have a lot of time to share our lives at the beginning of our marriage rather than my coming home at 9 or 10 at night from the set. Things have really worked out for the best for both of us. – Sarah Michelle Gellar

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Women are oppressed in the east, in the west, in the south, in the north. Women are oppressed inside, outside home, a woman is oppressed in religion, she is oppressed outside religion. – Taslima Nasrin

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I go home and dont get treated any differently. People have known me all my life and are interested and very supportive but because they have known me forever I dont get any diva treatment. My mum still tells me off if I havent loaded the dishwasher for her. – Katherine Jenkins

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