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Frederick Douglass Quote - 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?

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?

Frederick Douglass

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The opposite of compromise is character.
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Right is of no sex, Truth is of no color, God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren.
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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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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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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