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.
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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Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
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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 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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Fortune may crowd a man’s life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing unless he makes a wise and vigorous use of them.
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A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.
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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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One and God make a majority.
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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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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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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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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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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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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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