The opposite of compromise is character.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Fortune may crowd a man’s life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing unless he makes a wise and vigorous use of them.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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The opposite of compromise is character.
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever.
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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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A smile or a tear has no nationality; joy and sorrow speak alike to all nations, and they, above all the confusion of tongues, proclaim the brotherhood of man.
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Our community belongs to us and whether it is mean or majestic, whether arrayed in glory or covered in shame, we cannot but share its character and destiny.
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The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.
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No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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What upon Earth is the matter with the American people? Do they really covet the world’s ridicule as well as their own social and political ruin?
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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
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A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value.
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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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