The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA woman should have every honorable motive to exertion which is enjoyed by man, to the full extent of her capacities and endowments.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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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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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.
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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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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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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A smile or a tear has no nationality; joy and sorrow speak alike to all nations, and they, above all the confusion of tongues, proclaim the brotherhood of man.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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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 limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
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The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.
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I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.
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