A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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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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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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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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What upon Earth is the matter with the American people? Do they really covet the world’s ridicule as well as their own social and political ruin?
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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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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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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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