Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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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We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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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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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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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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Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
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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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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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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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