The man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the universe.
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 more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken the moral and mental vision and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.
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The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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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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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 great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.
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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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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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One and God make a majority.
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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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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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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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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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