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.
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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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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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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The man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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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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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.
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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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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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The opposite of compromise is character.
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It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.
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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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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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