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Frederick Douglass Quote - He who would be free must strike the first blow.

He who would be free must strike the first blow.

Frederick Douglass

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Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.
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Crop Favor Freedom Ground Men Philosophy
Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.
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Class Force Ignorance Justice Poverty Prevail Property Safe Society
Poverty, ignorance and degradation are the combined evils, these constitute the social disease of the free colored people of the US.
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Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we have the means to live respectfully.
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Ourselves People Respect
Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist.
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Cease Existence Liberty Meaning Opinion Right
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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Country District Government People
I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.
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Credit Master Respect Teacher
A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
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Box Man Rights
One and God make a majority.
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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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Gentleman Insult Man
What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.
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Black Lives Matter Justice Pity Sympathy
At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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Argument Convince Iron Need Time
The ballot is the only safety.
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Ballot One Liner Safety
The marriage institution cannot exist among slaves, and one sixth of the population of democratic America is denied it’s privileges by the law of the land.
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Country Democracy Deny Existence Institution Land Law Marriage Privilege Slave
I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
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Answer Freedom Legs Prayer Receive
Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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Answer Freedom Legs Prayer Receive

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