The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.
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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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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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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The man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down.
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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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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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You have to take power. No one gives it.
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.
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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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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle.
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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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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 simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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