Author: Frederick Douglass

Quotes

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

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

- Frederick Douglass

One and God make a majority.

One and God make a majority.

- Frederick Douglass

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

- Frederick Douglass

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.

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.

- Frederick Douglass

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

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

- Frederick Douglass

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.

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.

- Frederick Douglass

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

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

- Frederick Douglass

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

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

- Frederick Douglass

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

- Frederick Douglass

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