That which is inhuman cannot be divine. Frederick Douglass More Quotes by Frederick Douglass More Quotes From Frederick Douglass Oppression makes a wise man mad. Frederick Douglass mad wise men Our destiny is largely in our hands. Frederick Douglass our-destiny destiny hands Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, . . . neither persons nor property will be safe. Frederick Douglass black-history ignorance justice If I have advocated the cause of the Negro, it is not because I am a Negro, but because I am a man. Frederick Douglass diversity justice men The American Constitution is a written instrument full and complete in itself. No Court in America, no Congress, no President, can add a single word thereto, or take a single word threreto. It is a great national enactment done by the people, and can only be altered, amended, or added to by the people. Frederick Douglass president america people The marriage institution cannot exist among slaves, and one sixth of the population of democratic America is denied it's privileges by the law of the land. What is to be thought of a nation boasting of its liberty, boasting of it's humanity, boasting of its Christianity, boasting of its love of justice and purity, and yet having within its own borders three millions of persons denied by law the right of marriage? Frederick Douglass law love america I knew that however bad the Republican party was, the Democratic party was much worse. The elements of which the Republican party was composed gave better ground for the ultimate hope of the success of the colored mans cause than those of the Democratic party. Frederick Douglass elements causes party The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness. Frederick Douglass silver trump soul From my earliest recollection, I date the entertainment of a deep conviction that slavery would not always be able to hold me within its foul embrace; and in the darkest hours of my career in slavery, this living word of faith and spirit of hope departed not from me, but remained like ministering angels to cheer me through the gloom. This good spirit was from God, and to him I offer thanksgiving and praise. Frederick Douglass careers cheer angel Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears. Frederick Douglass sorrow heart song To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker. Frederick Douglass freedom-of-speech patriotic rights In this denial of the right to participate in government, not merely the degradation of woman and the perpetuation of a great injustice happens, but the maiming and repudiation of one-half of the moral and intellectual power of the government of the world. Frederick Douglass denial government intellectual [...] endless action and reaction. Those beautifully rounded pebbles which you gather on the sand and which you hold in your hand and marvel at their exceeding smoothness, were chiseled into their varies and graceful forms by the ceaseless action of countless waves. Nature is herself a great worker and never tolerates, without certain rebuke, any contradiction to her wise example. Inaction is followed by stagnation. Stagnation is followed by pestilence and pestilence is followed by death. Frederick Douglass example wise hands The 4th of July is the first great fact in your nation's history — the very ring-bolt in the chain of your yet undeveloped destiny. Pride and patriotism, not less than gratitude, prompt you Frederick Douglass gratitude 4th-of-july pride We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is WORK! WORK!! WORK!!! WORK!!!! Frederick Douglass black-history may motivational Some know the value of education by having it. I know it's value by not having it. Frederick Douglass value-of-education values knows The relation between the white and colored people of this country is the great, paramount, imperative, and all-commanding question for this age and nation to solve. Frederick Douglass patriotic white country ...I recognize the widest possible difference-so wide, that to receive the one as good, pure, and holy, is of necessity to reject the other as bad, corrupt, and wicked. To be the friend of one, is of necessity to be the enemy of the other. Frederick Douglass wicked differences enemy A man, at times, gets something for nothing, but it will, in his hands, amount to nothing. Frederick Douglass amount men hands I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the South is a mere covering for the most horrid crimes—a justifier of the most appalling barbarity…a shelter under…which the darkest, foulest, grossest, and most infernal deeds of slaveholders find the strongest protection Frederick Douglass covering shelter deeds
