I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA man is worked on by what he works on.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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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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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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Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist.
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We are free to say that in respect to political rights, we hold women to be justly entitled to all we claim for men.
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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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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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I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
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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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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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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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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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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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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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