A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSIf there is no struggle, there is no progress.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.
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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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A man, at times, gets something for nothing, but it will, in his hands, amount to nothing.
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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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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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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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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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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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To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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Poverty, ignorance and degradation are the combined evils, these constitute the social disease of the free colored people of the US.
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The marriage institution cannot exist among slaves, and one sixth of the population of democratic America is denied it’s privileges by the law of the land.
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