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.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSWe are free to say that in respect to political rights, we hold women to be justly entitled to all we claim for men.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever.
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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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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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 silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
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