A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me. Frederick Douglass More Quotes by Frederick Douglass More Quotes From Frederick Douglass I hear the mournful wail of millions! Frederick Douglass millionsslavery Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document! Frederick Douglass gloriousconstitutionliberty The man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the universe. Frederick Douglass majoritysidesmen I ask you...to adopt the principles proclaimed by yourselves, by your revolutionary fathers, and by the old bell in Independence Hall. Frederick Douglass independencefreedomfather What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July? I answer: A day that reveals to him, more than all other days of the year, the gross injustices and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him your celebration is a sham. Frederick Douglass julyjusticeyears A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country. Frederick Douglass 4th-of-julystrongcountry No man can be truly free whose liberty is dependent upon the thought, feeling and action of others, and who has himself no means in his own hands for guarding, protecting, defending and maintaining that liberty Frederick Douglass menmeanhands I was broken in body, soul, and spirit. My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark that lingered about my eye died; the dark night of slavery closed in upon me; and behold a man transformed into a brute! Frederick Douglass eyedarknight I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs. Frederick Douglass atheistreligiousprayer [John Brown's] zeal in the cause of freedom was infinitely superior to mine. Mine was as the taper light, his was as the burning sun... I could speak for the slave. John Brown could fight for the slave. Frederick Douglass governmentlightwar Poverty, ignorance and degradation are the combined evils, these constitute the social disease of the free colored people of the US. Frederick Douglass ignoranceevilpeople Despite of it all, the Negro remains... cool, strong, imperturbable, and cheerful. Frederick Douglass remainscheerfulstrong America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future. Frederick Douglass literatureamericapast If there is no struggle, there is no progress....This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Frederick Douglass tyrantsprogressstruggle The more men you make free, the more freedom is strengthened, and the more men you give an interest in the welfare and safety of the State, the greater is the security of the State. Frederick Douglass safetygivingmen When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind. Frederick Douglass literaturewindmen A government, founded on impartial liberty, where all have a voice and a vote, irrespective of color or of sex--what is there to hinder such a government from standing firm. Frederick Douglass voicegovernmentsex The Constitution is a GLORIOUS LIBERTY DOCUMENT. Read its preamble, consider it purposes. Is slavery among them? Is it at the gateway? or is it in the temple? it is neither. Frederick Douglass slaverylibertypurpose These were choice documents to me... They gave tongue to interesting thoughts of my own soul, which had frequently flashed through my mind, and died away for want of utterance. Frederick Douglass choicessoulinteresting I expose slavery in this country, because to expose it is to kill it. Slavery is one of those monsters of darkness to whom the light of truth is death. Frederick Douglass depressingsadcountry
