“Among a large class there seemed to be a dependence upon the Government for every conceivable thing. The members of this class had little ambition to create a position for themselves, but wanted the Federal officials to create one for them.”
― Up from Slavery - An Autobiography
― Up from Slavery - An Autobiography
“I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred.”
― Up from Slavery
― Up from Slavery
“They cannot degrade Frederick Douglass. The soul that is within me no man can degrade. I am not the one that is being degraded on account of this treatment, but those who are inflicting it upon me.”
― Up from Slavery - An Autobiography
― Up from Slavery - An Autobiography
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