The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSFreedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Our destiny is largely in our hands.
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Our community belongs to us and whether it is mean or majestic, whether arrayed in glory or covered in shame, we cannot but share its character and destiny.
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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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Educate your sons and daughters, send them to school, and show them that beside the cartridge box, the ballot box, and the jury box, you also have the knowledge box.
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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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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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The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle.
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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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Right is of no sex, Truth is of no color, God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren.
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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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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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Fortune may crowd a man’s life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing unless he makes a wise and vigorous use of them.
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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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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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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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