The opposite of compromise is character.
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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A man is worked upon by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well.
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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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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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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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You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.
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Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we have the means to live respectfully.
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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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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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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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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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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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