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A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.

~Frederick Douglass

Topics: Appreciate Appreciated Battle Easily Great Great Nation Growth Lost Moral Nation Observation Reflection Requires Understood Well Won

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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.

~Frederick Douglass

Topics: Demand Did Never Nothing Power Will Without

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

~Frederick Douglass

Topics: Honest Life Nation Only Secure Truthful Virtuous While

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

~Frederick Douglass

Topics: Ability Application Consists Done Greatness His Man Needed Powers Proper Things

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

~Frederick Douglass

Topics: Argument Convincing Irony Like Needed Time

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To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.

~Frederick Douglass

Topics: Double Free Free Speech Rights Speaker Speech Suppress Those Violates Well Wrong

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No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.

~Frederick Douglass

Topics: About Ankle Chain End Fellow Fellow Man Finding His Last Man Neck Other Own Put Without

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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.

~Frederick Douglass

Topics: Causes Rebellion Than Thing Worse

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I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.

~Frederick Douglass

Topics: Am Any Belong Black Dyed Freedom Intend Never Other Party Progress Republican Than Wool I Am

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People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.

~Frederick Douglass

Topics: Certainly Get Might Must People Work World

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: February 14th, 1818

Died: February 20th, 1895

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