The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA 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.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.
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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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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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You have to take power. No one gives it.
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Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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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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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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We are free to say that in respect to political rights, we hold women to be justly entitled to all we claim for men.
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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
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What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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