The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSIf there is no struggle, there is no progress.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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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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What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.
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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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You have to take power. No one gives it.
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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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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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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.
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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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Right is of no sex, Truth is of no color, God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren.
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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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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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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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Our destiny is largely in our hands.
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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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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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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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I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
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There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution.
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