I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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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It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.
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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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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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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
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Fortune may crowd a man’s life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing unless he makes a wise and vigorous use of them.
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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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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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People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
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Some know the value of education by having it. I knew its value by not having it.
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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
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The opposite of compromise is character.
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