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.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSYou have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.
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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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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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Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.
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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
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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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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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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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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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If I have advocated the cause of the Negro, it is not because I am a Negro, but because I am a man.
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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