It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSWhat to the Slave is the 4th of July.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value.
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I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
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The opposite of compromise is character.
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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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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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The man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the universe.
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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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We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is work.
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Poverty, ignorance and degradation are the combined evils, these constitute the social disease of the free colored people of the US.
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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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