A 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.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSAt a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.
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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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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.
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Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free.
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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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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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People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
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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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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
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