My hopes were never brighter than now.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSWhat to the Slave is the 4th of July.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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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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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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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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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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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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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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You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.
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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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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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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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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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The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.
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