The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSWhat to the Slave is the 4th of July.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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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 better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.
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I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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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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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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One and God make a majority.
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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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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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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.
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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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Some know the value of education by having it. I knew its value by not having it.
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