A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSMy hopes were never brighter than now.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.
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A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
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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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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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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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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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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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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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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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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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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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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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