Oppression makes a wise man mad.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSIt’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
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A woman should have every honorable motive to exertion which is enjoyed by man, to the full extent of her capacities and endowments.
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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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You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.
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A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.
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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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The marriage institution cannot exist among slaves, and one sixth of the population of democratic America is denied it’s privileges by the law of the land.
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The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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A man is worked upon by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well.
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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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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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