A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSI will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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A smile or a tear has no nationality; joy and sorrow speak alike to all nations, and they, above all the confusion of tongues, proclaim the brotherhood of man.
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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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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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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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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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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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One and God make a majority.
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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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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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Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever.
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Our destiny is largely in our hands.
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A woman should have every honorable motive to exertion which is enjoyed by man, to the full extent of her capacities and endowments.
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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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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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