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Frederick Douglass Quote - The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.

The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.

Frederick Douglass

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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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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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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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Our destiny is largely in our hands.
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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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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 is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free.
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A man is worked upon by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well.
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People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
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A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
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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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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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