Men and women, old and young, married and single, were ranked with horses, sheep, and swine — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
The man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
If I have advocated the cause of the Negro, it is not because I am a Negro, but because I am a… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
There is a class of people who seem to think that if a man should fall overboard into the sea with a… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
No man can be truly free whose liberty is dependent upon the thought, feeling and action of others, and who has himself… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
A war undertaken and brazenly carried for the perpetual enslavement of the colored men, calls logically and loudly for the colored men… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
American labor rights activist, on activities of the National Farm Workers Association Human law may know no distinction among men in respect… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Fortune may crowd a man's life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Experience proves that those are oftenest abused who can be abused with the greatest impunity. Men are whipped oftenest who are whipped… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
To drag a man in fetters into the grand illuminated temple of liberty, and call upon him to join you in joyous… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
[A] woman should have every honorable motive to exertion which is enjoyed by man, to the full extent of her capacities and… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
I was broken in body, soul, and spirit. My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm,… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
I have often sung to drown my sorrow, but seldom to express my happiness. Crying for joy, and singing for joy, were… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
There are at the present moment many colored men in the Confederate army doing duty not only as cooks, servants and laborers… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Viewing the man from the genuine abolitionist ground, Mr. Lincoln seemed cold, tardy, weak and unequal to the task. But, viewing him… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Abolish slavery tomorrow, and not a sentence or syllable of the Constitution need be altered. It was purposely so framed as to… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Without culture there can be no growth; without exertion, no acquisition; without friction, no polish; without labor, no knowledge; without action, no… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
I have observed this in my experience of slavery, - that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment,… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
We are free to say that in respect to political rights, we hold women to be justly entitled to all we claim… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Yet people in general will say they like colored men as well as any other, but in their proper place. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
A man, at times, gets something for nothing, but it will, in his hands, amount to nothing. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
The man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letter, U.S., let him get an eagle on his button, and… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
There are at present many Coloured men in the Confederate Army doing duty not only as cooks, servants and labourers, but real… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Mr. Lincoln was not only a great President, but a great man - too great to be small in anything. In his… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
They cannot degrade Frederick Douglass. The soul that is within me no man can degrade. I am not the one that is… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
The more men you make free, the more freedom is strengthened, and the more men you give an interest in the welfare… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“A treacherous President stood in the way; and it can be easily seen how reluctant good men might be to admit an apostasy which… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
I have observed this in my experience of slavery, - that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
“But I should be false in the earliest sentiments of my soul, if I suppressed the opinion. I prefer to be true to myself,… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
“I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the south is a mere covering for the most horrid crimes, - a justifier of the… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the South is a mere covering for the most horrid crimes—a justifier of the most appalling… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
“We have all met a class of men, very remarkable for their activity, and who yet make but little headway in life; men who,… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
“The fatal poison of irresponsible power was already in her hands, and soon commenced its infernal work. That cheerful eye, under the influence of… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
I was broken in body, soul, and spirit. My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
I have observed this in my experience of slavery, that whenever my condition was improved, instead of increasing my contentment; it only increased my… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
![“[A] woman should have every honorable motive to exertion which is enjoyed by man, to the full extent of her capacities and endowments. The case is too plain for argument. Nature has given woman the same powers, and subjected her to the same earth, breathes the same air, subsists on the same food…” quote by Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/926/frederick-douglass-859_air_a-woman-should-have-every-honorable-moti_2109951.png)
