Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey,c. February 1818– February 20, 1895) was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.
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“Without a struggle, there can be no progress.” Frederick Douglass
“Without a struggle, there can be no progress.”
“I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.” Frederick Douglass
“I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.”
“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” Frederick Douglass
“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”
“The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery.” Frederick Douglass
“The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery.”
“Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.” Frederick Douglass
“Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.”
“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
“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.”
“People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.” Frederick Douglass
“People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.”
“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
“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.”
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men ” Frederick Douglass
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men ”
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” Frederick Douglass
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”
