The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSHe who would be free must strike the first blow.
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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It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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If I have advocated the cause of the Negro, it is not because I am a Negro, but because I am a man.
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One and God make a majority.
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A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
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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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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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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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We are free to say that in respect to political rights, we hold women to be justly entitled to all we claim for men.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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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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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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