The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSHe who would be free must strike the first blow.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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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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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.
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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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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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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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A man’s character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.
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A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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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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