Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSWithout a struggle, there can be no progress.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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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.
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value.
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There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution.
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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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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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