The opposite of compromise is character.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA man’s character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.
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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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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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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Educate your sons and daughters, send them to school, and show them that beside the cartridge box, the ballot box, and the jury box, you also have the knowledge box.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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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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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free.
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The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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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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I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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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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Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we have the means to live respectfully.
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What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.
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