“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” Frederick Douglass ChildInspirationalStrongWisdomMenRepair
“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.” Frederick Douglass FeelIgnoranceJustice
“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 FreedomParty
“I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.” Frederick Douglass
“Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.” Frederick Douglass Justice
“The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.” Frederick Douglass
“People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.” Frederick Douglass Work
“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 Lost
“I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted.” Frederick Douglass FreedomSlaveWiseBrainy
“I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety.” Frederick Douglass Party
“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 FireWin
“The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.” Frederick Douglass LifeTruth
“America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.” Frederick Douglass FuturePast
“No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.” Frederick Douglass
“Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.” Frederick Douglass FreedomWin
“To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.” Frederick Douglass
“Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.” Frederick Douglass DonePower
“A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.” Frederick Douglass Learn
“A man's character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.” Frederick Douglass Character
“The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery.” Frederick Douglass LifeMiseryHappiness
“We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.” Frederick Douglass FuturePast
