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> # Mr. Lincoln was not only a great President, but a great man - too great to be small in anything. In his company I was never in any way reminded of my humble origin, or of my unpopular color.

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## More from Frederick Douglass

1. > It is not uncommon to charge slaves with great treachery toward each other, but I must say I never loved, esteemed, or confided in men more than I did in these…

[Permalink to quote \#17](https://quotesby.net/Frederick-Douglass/17/ "Permalink to quote 17")
2. > From the first I saw no chance of bettering the condition of the freedman until he should cease to be merely a freedman and should become a citizen.

[Permalink to quote \#19](https://quotesby.net/Frederick-Douglass/19/ "Permalink to quote 19")
3. > Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy t…

[Permalink to quote \#16](https://quotesby.net/Frederick-Douglass/16/ "Permalink to quote 16")

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