It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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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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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There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution.
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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 limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
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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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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
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One and God make a majority.
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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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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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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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