Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
FREDERICK DOUGLASSWhat 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?
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
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It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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A woman should have every honorable motive to exertion which is enjoyed by man, to the full extent of her capacities and endowments.
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The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle.
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A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.
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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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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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I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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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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If I have advocated the cause of the Negro, it is not because I am a Negro, but because I am a man.
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