Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThe man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the universe.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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The opposite of compromise is character.
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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Our destiny is largely in our hands.
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No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
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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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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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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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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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We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.
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You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
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