I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSOur community belongs to us and whether it is mean or majestic, whether arrayed in glory or covered in shame, we cannot but share its character and destiny.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
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Our community belongs to us and whether it is mean or majestic, whether arrayed in glory or covered in shame, we cannot but share its character and destiny.
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Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.
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A man’s character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.
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I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.
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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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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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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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