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 DOUGLASSThe opposite of compromise is character.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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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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A man, at times, gets something for nothing, but it will, in his hands, amount to nothing.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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The opposite of compromise is character.
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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One and God make a majority.
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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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