Oppression makes a wise man mad.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSWhat is possible for me is possible for you.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle.
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The opposite of compromise is character.
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A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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Right is of no sex, Truth is of no color, God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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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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Immense wealth, and its lavish expenditure, fill the great house with all that can please the eye, or tempt the taste. Here, appetite, not food, is the great desideratum.
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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle.
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I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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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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The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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