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Frederick Douglass Quote - My hopes were never brighter than now.

My hopes were never brighter than now.

Frederick Douglass

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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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Fortune may crowd a man’s life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing unless he makes a wise and vigorous use of them.
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Man’s greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
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The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
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