Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we have the means to live respectfully.
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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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
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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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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.
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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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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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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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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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