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 DOUGLASSSlaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is work.
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We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.
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Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.
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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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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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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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What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
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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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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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Fortune may crowd a man’s life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing unless he makes a wise and vigorous use of them.
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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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A man, at times, gets something for nothing, but it will, in his hands, amount to nothing.
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