"The mind does not take its complexion from…" — Frederick Douglass
"The mind does not take its complexion from the skin...."
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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 Complexion Quotes
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My mother always said I must be part Mongolian because of my lotus-pale complexion and squid-ink black hair.
— Diane Ackerman
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I layer my moisturizers, which makes my complexion so fresh, I can wear less foundation.
— Bobbi Brown
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None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the…
— Marian Anderson
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That morning was when I first began to reappraise the 'white man.' It was when I first began to perceive…
— Malcolm X
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But the mere circumstance of complexion cannot deprive them of the character of men.
— James Madison
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Would there not be the greatest reason to apprehend, that error in the first sentence would be the parent of…
— Alexander Hamilton
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Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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I hope you have lost your good looks, for while they last any fool can adore you, and the adoration…
— George Bernard Shaw
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There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl's complexion.
— Audrey Hepburn
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If he says he has the pizzazz and the sizzle, I have the steak, and substance. I've made more money…
— Don King
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Souls have complexions too: what will suit one will not suit another
— George Eliot
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