All Frederick Douglass Quotes
- Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized… Any
- I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur… Abhorrence
- I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of… Any
- Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed… Any
- I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs. Action
- People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get. All
- Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Concedes
- I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted. Found
- The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose. Endurance
- One and God make a majority. Conservative
- The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous. Anti War
- I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety. Anchor
- Without a struggle, there can be no progress. Change
- It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the… Earthquake
- America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future. America
- No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck. Ankle
- To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker. Censorship
- A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation,… Appreciate
- Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. Agitation
- The soul that is within me no man can degrade. African American
- A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me. Comeback
- Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done. Ability
- A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people. African American
- At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. Argument
- We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future. Future