July Quote by Frederick Douglass Download Open image “What to the Slave is the 4th of July.” — Frederick Douglass ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare July Slave Th Of July
What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July? I answer: A day that reveals to him, more than all other days of… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share
When we were the political slaves of King George, and wanted to be free, we called the maxim that "all men are created equal" a self evident truth; but now when we have grown fat, and have lost all dread of being slaves ourselves, we have become so greedy to be masters that we call the same maxim "a self… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
July 4th ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion. — John Adams Copy Share Image
July 4th is Independence Day in the U.S., and it is celebrated in a truly American way by blowing things up and taking a… — Adam C. Engst Copy Share Image
“Fourth of July had special significance in the West. Although many men ventured into the frontier for fortune, they also sought to escape the… — Susan Denning Copy Share Image
The strides of freedom and courage, shall be remembered today. Happy 4th of July. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
May it be long before the people of the United States shall cease to take a deep and pervading interest in the Fourth of… — Samuel Freeman Miller Copy Share Image
The best way to bring the fourth of July in AKA Independence Day in is blast off a bunch shotguns and then shot a… — Unknow Copy Share Image
The business aspects of the Fourth of July is not perfect as it stands. See what it costs us every year with loss of… — Mark Twain 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
On July 26, 1916, I announced to all my friends in America that from now on I resolved to write no more poems in… — Hu Shih Copy Share Image
Many public-school children seem to know only two dates—1492 and 4th of July; and as a rule they don't know what happened on either… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
All labours draw hame at even, And can to others say, "Thanks to the gracious God of heaven, Whilk sent this summer day." — Alexander Hume Copy Share Image
A federal grand jury is investigating allegations that David Copperfield raped, assaulted and threatened a woman he took to his private island in the… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
My works are dear to me, each in its own way, I shall have to answer for them on the Day off Judgement. God… — Marc Chagall Copy Share Image
Our opponents see an America in which every day is April 15, tax day. Well, we see an America in which every day is… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Of all the jaw-droppingly beautiful women who've become genuine movie stars, none has had a longer film career (62 years), has been filmed in… — Robert Osborne Copy Share Image
What I’m talking about is more than recompense for past injustices—more than a handout, a payoff, hush money, or a reluctant bribe. What I’m… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
A sucker punch came flying from somewhere in the back. As soon as we can see clearly with our big black eye, we're going… — Toby Keith Copy Share Image
I usually don't have a burger, a brat, and a steak but it is 4th of July. And I need the energy if I'm… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
The mission statement was ordered, and it sent the 800th MP Brigade, effective the first of July, up to Baghdad. I joined my brigade… — Janis Karpinski Copy Share Image
I play the radio and moon about...and dream of Utopias where its always July the 24th 1935, in the middle of summer forever. — Zelda Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
