Frederick Douglass Quotes

I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted.

Frederick Douglass

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 14, 1818 - February 20, 1895

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I wanted to remind myself and others of the old Jim Crow, so that we can remind ourselves that we're still living in the new Jim Crow. I feel it's important to dress in the fashion of the times.

Jidenna

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I'm happy to pay my fair share - which is whatever the tax is right now.

Jerry Della Femina

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I'm Hispanic. I'm a Catholic. I believe in God. I believe in karma.

Joey Diaz

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Our soldiers have nobly fought to protect freedom since our country's birth, and have fought to protect those that could not protect themselves, even in foreign lands when called upon.

John Linder

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I admit that I resent running out of research money.

Jeffrey C. Hall

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I love being part of the Chinese scene as a businessman. That doesn't mean that there aren't short-term discomforts and adjustments.

Steve Wynn

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This past year has been very turbulent for the Middle East, and my conversation with Prime Minister Netanyahu strengthened my belief that we need to remain vigilant in our support of our critical ally.

Rob Portman

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When I was about 12 years old back in Houston, my Dad used to take us to the driving range.

Ron White

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The first thing, when I got the money, I knew I would support somebody. And the person I supported was my family. Because we were really in debt with the money. And - so I gave to my father this suitcase full of money. And he couldn't believe it. And that was something very special.

Michael Schumacher

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Iranians hate Arabs. They're a fairly well-educated population and they have centuries of experience with self-government.

Michael Ledeen

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I think there's a level of ignorance, when, in the callowness of youth, you imagine that you are inventing the world for the first time. You imagine that your parents don't know what it feels like to fall in love.

Mira Nair

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My father's family was mostly obliterated in the Holocaust, and I grew up very much with the sense that the central moral and political question is how do we prevent these things from happening again.

Joshua Oppenheimer

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