Grandmother pointed out my brother Perry, my sister Sarah, and my sister Eliza, who stood in the group. I had never seen… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Self-Made Men are those who owe little or nothing to birth, relationship, or friendly surroundings; to wealth inherited or to early approved… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Self-Made Men are the men who owe little or nothing to birth, relationship, friendly surroundings; to wealth inherited or to early approved… — 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
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
Our community belongs to us and whether it is mean or majestic, whether arrayed in glory or covered in shame, we cannot… — 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
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
“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
