Some know the value of education by having it. I knew its value by not having it.
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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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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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
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The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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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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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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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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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 upon Earth is the matter with the American people? Do they really covet the world’s ridicule as well as their own social and political ruin?
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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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 gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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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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I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.
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