A man, at times, gets something for nothing, but it will, in his hands, amount to nothing.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSIt is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Immense wealth, and its lavish expenditure, fill the great house with all that can please the eye, or tempt the taste. Here, appetite, not food, is the great desideratum.
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A man’s character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.
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I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.
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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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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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A woman should have every honorable motive to exertion which is enjoyed by man, to the full extent of her capacities and endowments.
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There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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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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One and God make a majority.
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Right is of no sex, Truth is of no color, God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren.
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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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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.
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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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The man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down.
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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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