The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA man, at times, gets something for nothing, but it will, in his hands, amount to nothing.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle.
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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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You have to take power. No one gives it.
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We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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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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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.
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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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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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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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