American writers
Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Full Name:Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey
Profession:Abolitionist
Born:February 14, 1817, Talbot County, MD
Died:February 20, 1895, Washington, D.C.
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Our destiny is largely in our hands.
Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.
Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.
Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.
Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass Man’s greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass When you are with your friends, control your tongue.
Stuart PetersonStuart Peterson And you have fast become my weakness, even as you remain my source of strength.
Alma-May NoaAlma-May Noa No one else is on your path so why should their limits be?
Elezabeth SymondElezabeth Symond I heard many tongues in many languages saying that people cannot be Gods, and that’s a given. But what if people don’t know what was given to them?
Nikol MejdnNikol Mejdn Pride – it screams a lot louder than love sometimes.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix Messed up people even see the beauty in all the shitty places.
Lara-LeanLara-Lean