The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
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.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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You have to take power. No one gives it.
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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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The opposite of compromise is character.
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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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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 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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Right is of no sex, Truth is of no color, God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren.
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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 know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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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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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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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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Poverty, ignorance and degradation are the combined evils, these constitute the social disease of the free colored people of the US.
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