The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA man is worked on by what he works on.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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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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Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free.
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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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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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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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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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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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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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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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The opposite of compromise is character.
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