The Constitutional framers were peace men; but they preferred revolution to peaceful submission to bondage. They were quiet men; but they did… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Let us render the tyrant no aid; let us not hold the light by which he can trace the footprints of our… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
The church of this country is not only indifferent to the wrongs of the slave, it actually takes sides with the oppressors....… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
If there is no struggle, there is no progress....This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one;… — 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
