To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever.
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People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
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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.
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It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.
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A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
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Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
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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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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken the moral and mental vision and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.
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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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