A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSWhat is possible for me is possible for you.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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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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A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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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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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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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 mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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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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You have to take power. No one gives it.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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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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