All Frederick Douglass Quotes
- Grandmother pointed out my brother Perry, my sister Sarah, and my sister Eliza, who stood in the group. I had never seen my brother nor… Attached
- A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity. Blood
- The man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the universe. Conscience
- Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude. Freedom
- I have often wished myself a beast. I preferred the condition of the meanest reptile to my own. Any thing, no matter what, to get… Animate
- [A] woman should have every honorable motive to exertion which is enjoyed by man, to the full extent of her capacities and endowments. The case… Air
- [...] allowing only ordinary ability and opportunity, we may explain success mainly by one word and that word is WORK! WORK!! WORK!!! WORK!!!! Not transient… Ability
- [...] endless action and reaction. Those beautifully rounded pebbles which you gather on the sand and which you hold in your hand and marvel at… Action
- Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever...I saw nothing without seeing it, I heard nothing without hearing it, and felt nothing without feeling it.… Appeared
- Some know the value of education by having it. I know it's value by not having it. Education
- I have observed this in my experience of slavery, that whenever my condition was improved, instead of increasing my contentment; it only increased my desire… Condition
- Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants.… All
- Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. . . . The resistance encountered now predicates hope. . . Discouraged
- I expose slavery in this country, because to expose it is to kill it. Slavery is one of those monsters of darkness to whom the… Country
- A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country. Apart
- I know no class of my fellowmen, however just, enlightened, and humane, which can be wisely and safely trusted absolutely with the liberties of any… Absolutely
- Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. Agitation
- In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains.… Admiring
- Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and… Action
- Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you… Any
- Where justice is denied, wherepoverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and whereany one class is made to feel that society is in an organizedconspiracy to… Class