My hopes were never brighter than now.
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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A woman should have every honorable motive to exertion which is enjoyed by man, to the full extent of her capacities and endowments.
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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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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A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
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You have to take power. No one gives it.
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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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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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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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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
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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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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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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever.
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