Quotes by Frederick Douglass

The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and...

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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.

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No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at...

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Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers...

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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

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I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes...

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I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule...

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I could, as a free man, look across the bay toward the Eastern Shore where...

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Fugitive slaves were rare then, and as a fugitive slave lecturer, I had the advantage...

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Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact...

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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.

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America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to...

#Frederick Douglass