The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSI 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.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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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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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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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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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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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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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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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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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 know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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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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One and God make a majority.
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