I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSNature has given woman the same powers, and subjected her to the same earth, breathes the same air, subsists on the same food, physical, moral, mental and spiritual. She has, therefore, an equal right with man, in all efforts to obtain and maintain a perfect existence.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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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 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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Right is of no sex, Truth is of no color, God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren.
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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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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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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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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution.
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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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A man is worked upon by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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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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