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Frederick Douglass

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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Ability Application Consistency Done Greatness Man Need Power Proper
The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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Cause Rebel Worse
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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Ourselves People Respect
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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Country Earth People Politics World
Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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Constitution Document Glorious Liberty
I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.
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False Hazard Loyalty Myself Prefer
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.
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Heart Represent Sing Slave Sorrow Tears Unhappy
A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
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Blood Man Safety Slave
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.
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Claim Earn History Human Liberty Progress Show
Poverty, ignorance and degradation are the combined evils, these constitute the social disease of the free colored people of the US.
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Color Constitution Country Degard Evil Ignorance People Poverty
Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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Brother Freedom Shame Slave
Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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Freedom Roads Seldom Travel
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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Against Conscience God Majority Man Universe
The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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Country Destiny
I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.
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Credit Master Respect Teacher
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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Color Father Sex Truth

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