The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA man is worked on by what he works on.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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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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The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle.
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever.
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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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Immense wealth, and its lavish expenditure, fill the great house with all that can please the eye, or tempt the taste. Here, appetite, not food, is the great desideratum.
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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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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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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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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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