The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSI do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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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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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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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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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
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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 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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You have to take power. No one gives it.
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A man’s character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.
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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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Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist.
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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