He who would be free must strike the first blow.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSWe are free to say that in respect to political rights, we hold women to be justly entitled to all we claim for men.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.
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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.
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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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Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.
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A man is worked upon by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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What upon Earth is the matter with the American people? Do they really covet the world’s ridicule as well as their own social and political ruin?
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What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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Educate your sons and daughters, send them to school, and show them that beside the cartridge box, the ballot box, and the jury box, you also have the knowledge box.
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