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It rekindled the few expiring embers of freedom, and revived within me a sense of my own manhood. It recalled the departed self-confidence, and inspired me again with a determination to be free.
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To make a contented slave, it is necessary to make a thoughtless one
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From that moment, I understood the pathway from slavery to freedom.
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The silver trump of freedom had roused my soul to eternal wakefulness.
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Let us render the tyrant no aid; let us not hold the light by which he can trace the footprints of our flying brother.
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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man
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I had the grief of neglected chances of escape to brood over
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Liberty, as the inestimable birthright of every man, converted every object into an asserter of this right.
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To enslave men successfully and safely it is necessary to keep their minds occupied with thoughts and aspirations short of the liberty of which they are deprived.
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To balance probabilities, where life and liberty hang on the result, requires steady nerves.