The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSPeople might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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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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A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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Man’s greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
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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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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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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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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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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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Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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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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