A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSIt 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.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.
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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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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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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
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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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What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.
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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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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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One and God make a majority.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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A man is worked upon by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well.
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Our destiny is largely in our hands.
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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
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