Right is of no sex, Truth is of no color, God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren.
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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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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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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I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
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We are free to say that in respect to political rights, we hold women to be justly entitled to all we claim for men.
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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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There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution.
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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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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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I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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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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I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value.
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A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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Some know the value of education by having it. I knew its value by not having it.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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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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You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
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