A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThe life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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You have to take power. No one gives it.
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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken the moral and mental vision and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.
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A man’s character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.
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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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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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It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is work.
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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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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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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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What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
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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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