Our destiny is largely in our hands.
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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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
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You have to take power. No one gives it.
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The opposite of compromise is character.
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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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People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
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Man’s greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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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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I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.
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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.
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A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.
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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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