"The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the……" — Frederick Douglass
"The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose."
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171 Quotes by Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass has 171 quotes on this site.
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Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, . . . neither persons nor property will be safe.
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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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You degrade us and then ask why we are degraded. You shut our mouths and ask why we don't speak.…
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The sunlight that has brought life and healing to you has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth of…
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For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need…
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They who study mankind with a whip in their hands will always go wrong.
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We are free to say that in respect to political rights, we hold women to be justly entitled to all…
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If I have advocated the cause of the Negro, it is not because I am a Negro, but because I…
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What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July? I answer: A day that reveals to him, more than…
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Allow us the dignity to fight for our own freedom
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... and in thinking of my life, I almost forgot my liberty.
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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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More Endurance Quotes
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one of 509 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
— Aristotle
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Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Most African women are taught to endure abusive marriages. They say endurance means a good wife but most women endure…
— Joyce Banda
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I feel more comfortable when I'm lighter - I sleep better, I snore less, I have more endurance when I…
— Tyra Banks
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If you're going to go through hell... I suggest you come back learning something.
— Drew Barrymore
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By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform, prod our memories, even stir…
— Theodore Bikel
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The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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Prolonged endurance tames the bold.
— Lord Byron
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Endurance is patience concentrated.
— Thomas Carlyle
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Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the…
— Thomas Carlyle
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Not in achievement, but in endurance, of the human soul, does it show its divine grandeur and its alliance with…
— Edwin Hubbel Chapin
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A characteristic of those who are still progressing in blessed mourning is temperance and silence of the lips; and of…
— John Climacus
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