What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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Our community belongs to us and whether it is mean or majestic, whether arrayed in glory or covered in shame, we cannot but share its character and destiny.
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Educate your sons and daughters, send them to school, and show them that beside the cartridge box, the ballot box, and the jury box, you also have the knowledge box.
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We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is work.
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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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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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A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
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Immense wealth, and its lavish expenditure, fill the great house with all that can please the eye, or tempt the taste. Here, appetite, not food, is the great desideratum.
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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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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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