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.
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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Some know the value of education by having it. I knew its value by not having it.
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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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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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You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.
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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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I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever.
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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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People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
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A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
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A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
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