Quote by Frederick Douglass
It is not light that we need, but fire it is not the gentle shower

It is not light that we need, but fire it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. – Frederick Douglass

Other quotes by Frederick Douglass

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

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Freedom
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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

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work
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There is no Negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution. – Frederick Douglass

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Black History
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Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful. – Arthur Keith

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People have always wanted to be recognized, and thats human nature. But people used to want to be recognized for their accomplishments, and now they simply want to be visible. – Diablo Cody

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Nature

Humans have certain properties and characteristics which are intrinsic to them, just as every other organism does. Thats human nature. – Noam Chomsky

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The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that the sun had been set afire merely to ripen mens apples and head their cabbages. – Cyrano de Bergerac

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The greatest advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science and literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government. – Milton Friedman

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Vegetarian: A person who eats only side dishes. – Gerald Lieberman

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