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.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSIf I have advocated the cause of the Negro, it is not because I am a Negro, but because I am a man.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.
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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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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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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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You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.
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We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is work.
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A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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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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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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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 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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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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