A man is worked on by what he works on.
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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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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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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Our destiny is largely in our hands.
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I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
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I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.
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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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We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.
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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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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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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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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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