Author: Frederick Douglass

Quotes

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

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

- Frederick Douglass

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

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

- 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

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

- 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

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.

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.

- 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

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

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

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