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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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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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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The opposite of compromise is character.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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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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A man, at times, gets something for nothing, but it will, in his hands, amount to nothing.
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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.
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It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.
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Our destiny is largely in our hands.
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A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.
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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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We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.
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