What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSNeither 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.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
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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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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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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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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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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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The marriage institution cannot exist among slaves, and one sixth of the population of democratic America is denied it’s privileges by the law of the land.
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What upon Earth is the matter with the American people? Do they really covet the world’s ridicule as well as their own social and political ruin?
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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
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