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.
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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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is work.
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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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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 thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.
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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 opposite of compromise is character.
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I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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