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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.

Frederick Douglass

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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Rights Speech Suppress Violation Wrong
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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Earthquake Fire Gentle Inspirational Light Shower Storm
The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle.
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Hard Time Moral Physical Struggle
A man is worked on by what he works on.
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Man One Liner Work
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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Circumstance Coward Fortune Happy Life Opportunity Vigorous Wise
A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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Gentleman Insult Man
A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
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Box Man Rights
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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Array Character Community Cover Destiny Glory Majestic Shame Share
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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Credit Master Respect Teacher
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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Attention Men Practical Theory Thinking Value Worth
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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Ballot Box Daughter Education Knowledge School Son
A man, at times, gets something for nothing, but it will, in his hands, amount to nothing.
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Amount Hand Man Time
Right is of no sex, Truth is of no color, God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren.
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Color Father Sex Truth
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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Country District Government People
A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
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Blood Man Safety Slave
What upon Earth is the matter with the American people? Do they really covet the world’s ridicule as well as their own social and political ruin?
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Country Earth People Politics World

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