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Frederick Douglass Quote - The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.

The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.

Frederick Douglass

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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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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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Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free.
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A smile or a tear has no nationality; joy and sorrow speak alike to all nations, and they, above all the confusion of tongues, proclaim the brotherhood of man.
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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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The man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the universe.
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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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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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Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.
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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 slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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