The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThe simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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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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A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
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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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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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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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A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.
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What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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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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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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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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Fortune may crowd a man’s life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing unless he makes a wise and vigorous use of them.
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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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