Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respe…

Frederick Douglass
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Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we have the means to live respectfully. ✨ Frederick Douglass (2016). The Essential Douglass: Selected Writings and Speeches, p.257, Hackett Publishing
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Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we have the means to live respectfully. ✨ Frederick Douglass (2016). The Essential Douglass: Selected Writings and Speeches, p.257, Hackett Publishing

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