The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Poverty, ignorance and degradation are the combined evils, these constitute the social disease of the free colored people of the US.
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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 know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
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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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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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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
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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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You have to take power. No one gives it.
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Our destiny is largely in our hands.
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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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