A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.
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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Poverty, ignorance and degradation are the combined evils, these constitute the social disease of the free colored people of the US.
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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken the moral and mental vision and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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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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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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The opposite of compromise is character.
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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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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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Our destiny is largely in our hands.
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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