I have observed this in my experience of slavery, that whenever my condition was improved, instead of increasing my contentment; it only… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers. — 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
Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. . . . The resistance encountered now predicates hope. . . — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is WORK! WORK!! WORK!!! WORK!!!! — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity. — 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
Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document! — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Despite of it all, the Negro remains... cool, strong, imperturbable, and cheerful. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever. It was heard in every sound and seen in every thing. It was very… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part. — 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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
