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.
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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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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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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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 know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
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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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A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.
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What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.
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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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