A woman should have every honorable motive to exertion which is enjoyed by man, to the full extent of her capacities and endowments.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSIf there is no struggle, there is no progress.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever.
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Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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Immense wealth, and its lavish expenditure, fill the great house with all that can please the eye, or tempt the taste. Here, appetite, not food, is the great desideratum.
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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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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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No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
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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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We are free to say that in respect to political rights, we hold women to be justly entitled to all we claim for men.
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The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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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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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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Our community belongs to us and whether it is mean or majestic, whether arrayed in glory or covered in shame, we cannot but share its character and destiny.
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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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