Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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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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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I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.
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A man is worked upon by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well.
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The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle.
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What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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A woman should have every honorable motive to exertion which is enjoyed by man, to the full extent of her capacities and endowments.
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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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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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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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There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution.
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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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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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