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Frederick Douglass Quote - The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.

The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.

Frederick Douglass

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Man’s greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
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The man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down.
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Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.
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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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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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