The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThe District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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You have to take power. No one gives it.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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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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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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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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There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution.
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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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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
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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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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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