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.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSIt is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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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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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist.
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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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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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free.
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