A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSI will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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One and God make a majority.
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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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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People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
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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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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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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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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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We are free to say that in respect to political rights, we hold women to be justly entitled to all we claim for men.
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Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
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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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