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Frederick Douglass Quote - What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.

What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.

Frederick Douglass

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Giving Inspirational One Liner Power
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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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.
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Man’s greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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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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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.
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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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What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.
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