--- title: "6 July Quotes By Frederick Douglass" description: "6 July quotes by Frederick Douglass. Plus more from Frederick Douglass and more July sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f57/frederick-douglass-859_culture_the-sunlight-that-has-brought-life-and-h_273615.png" --- > [The sunlight that has brought life and healing to you has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth of July is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/the-sunlight-that-has-brought-life-and-healing-to-you-has-brought/) [Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f57/frederick-douglass-859_culture_the-sunlight-that-has-brought-life-and-h_273615.png) > [This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/this-fourth-of-july-is-yours-not-mine-you-may-rejoice-i-must-mourn/) [Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/691/frederick-douglass-859_fourth_this-fourth-of-july-is-yours-not-mine-yo_516140.png) > [What to the Slave is the 4th of July.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/what-to-the-slave-is-the-4th-of-july/) [Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24a/frederick-douglass-859_july_what-to-the-slave-is-the-4th-of-july-123_1236921.png) > [The 4th of July is the first great fact in your nation's history — the very ring-bolt in the chain of your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/the-4th-of-july-is-the-first-great-fact-in-your-nation-s-history-the/) [Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1da/frederick-douglass-859_4th-of-july_the-4th-of-july-is-the-first-great-fact_1285857.png) > [I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/i-am-not-included-within-the-pale-of-this-glorious-anniversary-your/) [Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/018/frederick-douglass-859_anniversary_i-am-not-included-within-the-pale-of-thi_2288642.png) > [What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July? I answer: A day that reveals to him, more than all other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/what-to-the-american-slave-is-your-fourth-of-july-i-answer-a-day-that/) [Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ee/frederick-douglass-859_abolition_what-to-the-american-slave-is-your-fourt_2317966.png) ## Other authors on July - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-ronald-reagan-81107.jpg) Ronald Reagan 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/july/ronald-reagan/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/july/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [Mark Twain 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/july/mark-twain/) ## More by Frederick Douglass > [“A treacherous President stood in the way; and it can be easily seen how reluctant good men might be to admit an apostasy which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/a-treacherous-president-stood-in-the-way-and-it-can-be-easily-seen/) [Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/) > [I have observed this in my experience of slavery, - that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/i-have-observed-this-in-my-experience-of-slavery-that-whenever-my/) [Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/) > [“But I should be false in the earliest sentiments of my soul, if I suppressed the opinion. I prefer to be true to myself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/but-i-should-be-false-in-the-earliest-sentiments-of-my-soul-if-i/) [Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/) > [A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/a-man-who-will-enslave-his-own-blood-may-not-be-safely-relied-on-for/) [Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/) > [“I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the south is a mere covering for the most horrid crimes, - a justifier of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/i-assert-most-unhesitatingly-that-the-religion-of-the-south-is-a-mere/) [Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/i-assert-most-unhesitatingly-that-the-religion-of-the-south-is-a-mere-2/) [Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/) > [The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/the-limits-of-tyrants-are-prescribed-by-the-endurance-of-those-whom/) [Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/) > [Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/power-concedes-nothing-without-a-demand-it-never-did-and-it-never-will/) [Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/) > [“We have all met a class of men, very remarkable for their activity, and who yet make but little headway in life; men who,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/we-have-all-met-a-class-of-men-very-remarkable-for-their-activity-and/) [Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/) > [“The fatal poison of irresponsible power was already in her hands, and soon commenced its infernal work. That cheerful eye, under the influence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/the-fatal-poison-of-irresponsible-power-was-already-in-her-hands-and/) [Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/) > [A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/a-battle-lost-or-won-is-easily-described-understood-and-appreciated/) [Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/) > [Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/knowledge-makes-a-man-unfit-to-be-a-slave/) [Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/) > [I was broken in body, soul, and spirit. My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/i-was-broken-in-body-soul-and-spirit-my-natural-elasticity-was/) [Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/) > [I have observed this in my experience of slavery, that whenever my condition was improved, instead of increasing my contentment; it only increased my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/i-have-observed-this-in-my-experience-of-slavery-that-whenever-my-2/) [Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/) > [At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/at-a-time-like-this-scorching-irony-not-convincing-argument-is-needed/) [Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/july/frederick-douglass/#itemlist", "name": "6 July Quotes By Frederick Douglass", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The sunlight that has brought life and healing to you has brought stripes and death to me. 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