The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThe 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.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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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 man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down.
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What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.
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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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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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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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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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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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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.
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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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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 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 silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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