Frederick Douglass Quotes

Biography: Frederick Douglass is known for being a prominent abolitionist, social... more Biography: Frederick Douglass is known for being a prominent abolitionist, social reformer, and orator. Born into slavery in 1818, Douglass escaped in 1838, and became a powerful voice against slavery through his writings and speeches. His autobiography, "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass," is a seminal work in American literature. less

"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 would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong""Once you learn to read you will be forever free""I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs""People might not get all they work for in this world but they must certainly work for all they get""Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave""Without a struggle there can be no progress""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""The soul that is within me no man can degrade""The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress""Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will""If there is no struggle, there is no progress""It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men"

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