I had as well be killed running as die standing.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSWe may explain success mainly by one word and that word is work.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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If I have advocated the cause of the Negro, it is not because I am a Negro, but because I am a man.
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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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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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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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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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The marriage institution cannot exist among slaves, and one sixth of the population of democratic America is denied it’s privileges by the law of the land.
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Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist.
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It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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