Frederick Douglass Quotes

Frederick Douglass Quotes.

There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the A

There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution
Frederick Douglass
Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
Frederick Douglass
The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.
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
To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.
Frederick Douglass
I could, as a free man, look across the bay toward the Eastern Shore where I was born a slave.
Frederick Douglass
I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of

I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man’s political hopes and the ark of his safety.
Frederick Douglass
People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
Frederick Douglass
One and God make a majority.
Frederick Douglass
That which is inhuman cannot be divine.
Frederick Douglass
Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
Frederick Douglass
Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
Frederick Douglass
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did a

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
Frederick Douglass
The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.
Frederick Douglass