Man’s greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThe opposite of compromise is character.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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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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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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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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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
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People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.
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You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.
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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 soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken the moral and mental vision and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.
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