Abolitionist Quote by Frederick Douglass Download Open image “I escaped from slavery and became a leading abolitionist and speaker.” — Frederick Douglass ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Abolitionist Leadership Slavery Speakers
I am a 20th century escaped slave. Because of government persecution, I was left with no other choice than to flee from the political… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
I came from an intellectual family. Most were doctors, preachers, teachers, businessmen. My grandfather was a small businessman. His father was an abolitionist doctor,… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
Fugitive slaves were rare then, and as a fugitive slave lecturer, I had the advantage of being the first one out. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
I was escaping from Nature and at last becoming myself, that Other whom I was aspiring to be in the eyes of others. — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
I became a part of the Civil Rights movement early on and that has really shaped a great deal of my thinking. — Amber Hollibaugh Copy Share Image
I am the descendant of slaves, of people that were born from a slave and a slave master. — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
I was involved in the civil rights movement way back in the late '50s and through the '60s and '70s. I was doing a… — George Takei Copy Share Image
I came to Harlem from West Virginia when I was three, after my mother died. My father, who was very poor, gave me up… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
In the summer of 1966, I went to Mississippi to be in the heart of the civil-rights movement, helping people who had been thrown… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I learned that not only am I a descendant of slaves, but that I am also a descendant of royalty, that there are politicians… — Cuba Gooding, Jr 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
Nowhere is wisdom more necessary than in the guidance of charitable impulses. Meaning well is only half our duty; Thinking right is the other,… — Samuel Gridley Howe Copy Share Image
“I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh… — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
“That was when I realized we weren’t born to be slaves. It was ignorant for any man to think he could be the master… — Jay Grewal Copy Share Image
I feel safe even in the midst of my enemies; for the truth is powerful and will prevail. — Sojourner Truth Copy Share Image
One of the songs that stayed in my head that I really considered a lot was an old folk song called 'John Brown' -… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
Whether by the House or by the People, if an Abolitionist be chosen President of the United States, you will have presented to you… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
You point out that war is only a symptom of the whole horrid business of human behavior, and cannot be isolated. And that, even… — Rose Macaulay Copy Share Image
It’s time for a 21st-century abolitionist movement in the U.S and around the world. — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
If, while I hear the wild shriek of the slave mother robbed of her little ones, I do not open my mouth, am I… — Lucy Stone Copy Share Image
I was in favour of the death penalty, and disposed to regard abolitionists as people whose hearts were bigger than their heads. Four years… — Ernest Gowers Copy Share Image
There are those who view the abolitionists as just maniacs, apolitical fanatics who helped to cause the war, and Lincoln is the model of… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
