The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSLiberty for all; chains for none.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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One and God make a majority.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
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A man’s character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.
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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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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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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever.
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A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.
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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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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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Some know the value of education by having it. I knew its value by not having it.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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