I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSMy hopes were never brighter than now.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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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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We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.
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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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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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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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The ballot is the only safety.
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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.
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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 gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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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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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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Our community belongs to us and whether it is mean or majestic, whether arrayed in glory or covered in shame, we cannot but share its character and destiny.
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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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