The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSFind 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.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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The ballot is the only safety.
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What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.
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The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.
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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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I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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Right is of no sex, Truth is of no color, God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren.
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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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