I had as well be killed running as die standing.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThe limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value.
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It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.
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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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Immense wealth, and its lavish expenditure, fill the great house with all that can please the eye, or tempt the taste. Here, appetite, not food, is the great desideratum.
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A man’s character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.
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I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.
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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 marriage institution cannot exist among slaves, and one sixth of the population of democratic America is denied it’s privileges by the law of the land.
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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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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Poverty, ignorance and degradation are the combined evils, these constitute the social disease of the free colored people of the US.
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A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
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