Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.

Frederick Douglass
Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
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Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave". This is one of the strongest statements I have ever heard. Knowledge makes us free, it makes us strong, and it makes us smarter. Every time I am able to learn something new, every time I am able to use my brain more effectively, I am able to make my life better. This quote says so much about the importance of education in shaping our future.

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More Quotes By Frederick Douglass
  1. The thought of only being a creature of the present and the past was troubling. I longed for a future too, with hope in it. The desire to be free, awakened my determination to act, to think , and to speak.
  2. I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the south is a mere covering for the most horrid crimes, - a justifier of the most appalling barbarity, - a sanctifier of the most hateful frauds, - and a dark shelter under, which the darkest, foulest,...
  3. The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers. I could regard them in no other light than a band of successful robbers, who had left their homes, and gone to Africa, and stolen us from our homes, and...
  4. If there is no struggle there is no progress.
  5. Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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