I had as well be killed running as die standing.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThe opposite of compromise is character.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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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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You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.
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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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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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Some know the value of education by having it. I knew its value by not having it.
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Our community belongs to us and whether it is mean or majestic, whether arrayed in glory or covered in shame, we cannot but share its character and destiny.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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