The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA woman should have every honorable motive to exertion which is enjoyed by man, to the full extent of her capacities and endowments.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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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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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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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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I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.
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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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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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I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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A smile or a tear has no nationality; joy and sorrow speak alike to all nations, and they, above all the confusion of tongues, proclaim the brotherhood of man.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution.
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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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Fortune may crowd a man’s life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing unless he makes a wise and vigorous use of them.
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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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