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May Quotes by Frederick Douglass
- I have one great political idea. . . . That idea is an old one. It is widely and generally assented to; nevertheless, it is…
- We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is WORK! WORK!! WORK!!! WORK!!!!
- One by one I have seen obstacles removed, errors corrected, prejudices softened, proscriptions relinquished, and my people advancing in all the elements that go to…
- John Brown's zeal in the cause of freedom was infinitely superior to mine. Mine was as the taper light; his was as the burning sun.…
- ...there are at the present moment many colored men in the Confederate Army...as real soldiers, having muskets on their shoulders, and bullets in their pockets,…
- If there is no struggle, there is no progress....This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may…
- Go where you may, search where you will, roam through all of the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through South America, search…
- I glory in conflict that I may hereafter exult in victory.
- American labor rights activist, on activities of the National Farm Workers Association Human law may know no distinction among men in respect of rights, but…
- A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
- If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without…
- This struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, and it may be both moral and physical, but it must…
- A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
- [...] allowing only ordinary ability and opportunity, we may explain success mainly by one word and that word is WORK! WORK!! WORK!!! WORK!!!! Not transient…
More May Quotes
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong