The man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the universe.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSSlaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value.
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We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.
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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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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.
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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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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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Some know the value of education by having it. I knew its value by not having it.
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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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