I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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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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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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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’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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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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The opposite of compromise is character.
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The man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the universe.
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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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I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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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 simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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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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