The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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The opposite of compromise is character.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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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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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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A man is worked upon by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well.
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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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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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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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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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A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.
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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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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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