A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSIt’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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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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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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It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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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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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.
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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
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The opposite of compromise is character.
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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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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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A smile or a tear has no nationality; joy and sorrow speak alike to all nations, and they, above all the confusion of tongues, proclaim the brotherhood of man.
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I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.
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