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Frederick Douglass Quote - If I have advocated the cause of the Negro, it is not because I am a Negro, but because I am a man.

If I have advocated the cause of the Negro, it is not because I am a Negro, but because I am a man.

Frederick Douglass

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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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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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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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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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The opposite of compromise is character.
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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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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
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