At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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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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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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.
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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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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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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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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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A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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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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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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A man’s character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.
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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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