You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.
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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A man, at times, gets something for nothing, but it will, in his hands, amount to nothing.
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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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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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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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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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We are free to say that in respect to political rights, we hold women to be justly entitled to all we claim for men.
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You have to take power. No one gives it.
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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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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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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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No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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