If I have advocated the cause of the Negro, it is not because I am a Negro, but because I am a man.
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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A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.
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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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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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One and God make a majority.
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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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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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Our destiny is largely in our hands.
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Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.
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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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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
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