They who study mankind with a whip in their hands will always go wrong. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, . . . neither persons nor property will be safe. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed. — 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
The sunlight that has brought life and healing to you has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth of July is… — 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
What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July? I answer: A day that reveals to him, more than all other… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
You degrade us and then ask why we are degraded. You shut our mouths and ask why we don't speak. You close… — 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
“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
