A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSInterpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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The man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down.
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A man, at times, gets something for nothing, but it will, in his hands, amount to nothing.
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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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We are free to say that in respect to political rights, we hold women to be justly entitled to all we claim for men.
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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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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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You have to take power. No one gives it.
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What upon Earth is the matter with the American people? Do they really covet the world’s ridicule as well as their own social and political ruin?
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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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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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I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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