It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSIf there is no struggle, there is no progress.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle.
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A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.
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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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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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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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The opposite of compromise is character.
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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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It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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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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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever.
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A man, at times, gets something for nothing, but it will, in his hands, amount to nothing.
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