At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSWe may explain success mainly by one word and that word is work.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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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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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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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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We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is work.
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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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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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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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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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Our destiny is largely in our hands.
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