People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSOppression makes a wise man mad.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
-
-
The marriage institution cannot exist among slaves, and one sixth of the population of democratic America is denied it’s privileges by the law of the land.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS -
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 -
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS -
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS -
It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS -
The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS -
Fortune may crowd a man’s life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing unless he makes a wise and vigorous use of them.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS -
Liberty for all; chains for none.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS -
The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS -
A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS -
I had as well be killed running as die standing.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS -
What is possible for me is possible for you.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS -
The ballot is the only safety.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS -
Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS -
Nature has given woman the same powers, and subjected her to the same earth, breathes the same air, subsists on the same food, physical, moral, mental and spiritual. She has, therefore, an equal right with man, in all efforts to obtain and maintain a perfect existence.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS