The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSWhat is possible for me is possible for you.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.
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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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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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Man’s greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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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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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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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 life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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Fortune may crowd a man’s life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing unless he makes a wise and vigorous use of them.
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To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.
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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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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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