Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThe man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the universe.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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One and God make a majority.
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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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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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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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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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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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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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Educate your sons and daughters, send them to school, and show them that beside the cartridge box, the ballot box, and the jury box, you also have the knowledge box.
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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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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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You have to take power. No one gives it.
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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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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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