The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSFreedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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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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Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist.
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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
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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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You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.
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Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we have the means to live respectfully.
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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.
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A man, at times, gets something for nothing, but it will, in his hands, amount to nothing.
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What upon Earth is the matter with the American people? Do they really covet the world’s ridicule as well as their own social and political ruin?
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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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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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I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
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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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