At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.
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A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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The opposite of compromise is character.
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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 may explain success mainly by one word and that word is work.
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It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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Fortune may crowd a man’s life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing unless he makes a wise and vigorous use of them.
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
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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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