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.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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The marriage institution cannot exist among slaves, and one sixth of the population of democratic America is denied it’s privileges by the law of the land.
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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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To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken the moral and mental vision and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.
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No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
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It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.
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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 opposite of compromise is character.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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Man’s greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
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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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Immense wealth, and its lavish expenditure, fill the great house with all that can please the eye, or tempt the taste. Here, appetite, not food, is the great desideratum.
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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.
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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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To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.
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