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.
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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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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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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The opposite of compromise is character.
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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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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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A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.
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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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