Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSYou are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle.
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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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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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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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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 great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.
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I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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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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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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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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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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