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 DOUGLASSLiberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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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 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.
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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever.
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The marriage institution cannot exist among slaves, and one sixth of the population of democratic America is denied it’s privileges by the law of the land.
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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.
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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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Our destiny is largely in our hands.
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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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