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.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA smile or a tear has no nationality; joy and sorrow speak alike to all nations, and they, above all the confusion of tongues, proclaim the brotherhood of man.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.
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The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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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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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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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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I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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