What is possible for me is possible for you.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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The opposite of compromise is character.
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No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
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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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A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
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It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
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A smile or a tear has no nationality; joy and sorrow speak alike to all nations, and they, above all the confusion of tongues, proclaim the brotherhood of man.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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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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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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