Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever.
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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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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What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
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Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.
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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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The man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down.
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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
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I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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If I have advocated the cause of the Negro, it is not because I am a Negro, but because I am a man.
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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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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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The man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the universe.
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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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