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Frederick Douglass Quote - 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.

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 Douglass

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The marriage institution cannot exist among slaves, and one sixth of the population of democratic America is denied it’s privileges by the law of the land.
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A smile or a tear has no nationality; joy and sorrow speak alike to all nations, and they, above all the confusion of tongues, proclaim the brotherhood of man.
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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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It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
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