The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSPeople might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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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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We are free to say that in respect to political rights, we hold women to be justly entitled to all we claim for men.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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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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It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.
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I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
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What upon Earth is the matter with the American people? Do they really covet the world’s ridicule as well as their own social and political ruin?
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If I have advocated the cause of the Negro, it is not because I am a Negro, but because I am a man.
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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
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One and God make a majority.
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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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Man’s greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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