If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThe struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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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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You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.
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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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A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
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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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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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A woman should have every honorable motive to exertion which is enjoyed by man, to the full extent of her capacities and endowments.
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Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free.
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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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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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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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Our destiny is largely in our hands.
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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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