I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSWhat to the Slave is the 4th of July.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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We are free to say that in respect to political rights, we hold women to be justly entitled to all we claim for men.
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Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist.
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The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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A man is worked upon by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well.
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I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
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I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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You have to take power. No one gives it.
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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
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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 gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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The man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the universe.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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One and God make a majority.
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