The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSI 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.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle.
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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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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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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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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Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist.
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A woman should have every honorable motive to exertion which is enjoyed by man, to the full extent of her capacities and endowments.
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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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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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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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Our destiny is largely in our hands.
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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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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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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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