It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSNeither 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.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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The marriage institution cannot exist among slaves, and one sixth of the population of democratic America is denied it’s privileges by the law of the land.
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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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Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
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No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
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A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
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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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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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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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I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.
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I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.
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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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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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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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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
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