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The destiny of the colored American … is the destiny of America.

— Frederick Douglass

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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.

Speech at the Civil Rights Mass Meeting (1883)

I would unite with anybody to do right; and with nobody to do wrong.

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and incur my own abhorrence.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave (1845)

I look upon my departure from Colonel Lloyd's plantation as one of the most interesting events of my life.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave (1845)

Where there is seeming contentment with slavery, there is certain treachery to freedom.

The Heroic Slave (1853)

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One country, one constitution, one destiny.

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We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.

John Lewis

Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved.

William Jennings Bryan

“Destiny,” said John. “The ghastliest word a man can speak.”

Poul Anderson The Corridors of Time (1965)

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