I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSOne and God make a majority.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist.
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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.
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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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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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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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You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.
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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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A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
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