Frederick Douglass Quotes

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.

People might not get all they work for in this wor... -Frederick Douglass

People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.

At a time like this, scorching irony, not convinci... -Frederick Douglass

At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.

I prayed for twenty years but received no answer u... -Frederick Douglass

I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.

A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.

Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.

The soul that is within me no man can degrade.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

Experience demonstrates that there may be a wages of slavery only a little less galling and crushing in its effects than chattel slavery, and that this slavery of wages must go down with the other.

It is easier to build strong children than to repa... -Frederick Douglass

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

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The statement underscores the significance of investing in a child's upbringing and development, emphasizing that it is more effective to provide a solid foundation for children early on than to attempt to fix or mend the consequences of neglect or poor parenting later in life.

One and God make a majority.

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This quote suggests that even if an individual stands alone or faces opposition, having God as an ally or supporter is sufficient to constitute a majority or ensure ultimate success.

We have to do with the past only as we can make it... -Frederick Douglass

We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.

America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.

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 conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.

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 freedom and progress.

The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by t... -Frederick Douglass

The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery.

The life of the nation is secure only while the na... -Frederick Douglass

The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.

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, to appreciate it.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never ... -Frederick Douglass

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.

Frederick Douglass Quotes

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