A smile or a tear has no nationality; joy and sorrow speak alike to all nations, and they, above all the confusion of tongues, proclaim the brotherhood of man.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThe opposite of compromise is character.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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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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Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist.
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It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.
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The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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Some know the value of education by having it. I knew its value by not having it.
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A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.
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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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You have to take power. No one gives it.
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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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I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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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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