A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSWithout a struggle, there can be no progress.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.
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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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Nature has given woman the same powers, and subjected her to the same earth, breathes the same air, subsists on the same food, physical, moral, mental and spiritual. She has, therefore, an equal right with man, in all efforts to obtain and maintain a perfect existence.
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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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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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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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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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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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