In life, you don't get everything you pay for, but you must pay for everything you get.

In life, you don't get everything you pay for, but you must pay for everything you get.

Frederick Douglass

Intelligence is a great leveller here as elsewhere

Intelligence is a great leveller here as elsewhere

Let us render the tyrant no aid.

Let us render the tyrant no aid.

It's a poor rule that won't work both ways.

It's a poor rule that won't work both ways.

He who would be free must strike the first blow.

He who would be free must strike the first blow.

I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.

I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.

Liberty for all; chains for none.

Liberty for all; chains for none.

At a time like this, scorching irony, not a convincing argument, is needed.

At a time like this, scorching irony, not a convincing argument, is needed.

It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.

It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.

Oppression makes a wise man mad.

Oppression makes a wise man mad.

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity...

I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity...

What is possible for me is possible for you.

What is possible for me is possible for you.

Once you read, you will be free forever.

Once you read, you will be free forever.

Never in the way, and never out of the way.

Never in the way, and never out of the way.

I always admired virtue - but I could never imitate it.

I always admired virtue - but I could never imitate it.

You had better have one King than five hundred.

You had better have one King than five hundred.

The old fool has taken more lives in that naked country than I have taken for the murder of my father.

The old fool has taken more lives in that naked country than I have taken for the murder of my father.

The tradesmen are the only gentry in England.

The tradesmen are the only gentry in England.