We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is WORK! WORK!! WORK!!! WORK!!!! Frederick Douglass More Quotes by Frederick Douglass More Quotes From Frederick Douglass I had as well be killed running as die standing Frederick Douglass wells standing running The ballot is the only safety. Frederick Douglass ballots safety He who is whipped oftenest, is whipped easiest. Frederick Douglass self-respect strength Going to live at Baltimore laid the foundation, and opened the gateway, to all my subsequent prosperity. Frederick Douglass baltimore prosperity foundation Right is of no sex, truth is of no color. Frederick Douglass truth-is color sex Men are whipped oftenest who are whipped easiest. Frederick Douglass men Slaves were expected to sing as well as to work. A silent slave was not liked, either by masters or overseers. Frederick Douglass silent slave literature I escaped from slavery and became a leading abolitionist and speaker. Frederick Douglass abolitionist speakers slavery Viewed from the genuine abolition ground, Mr. Lincoln seemed tardy, cold, dull, and indifferent; but measuring him by the sentiment of his country, a sentiment he was bound as a statesman to consult, he was swift, zealous, radical, and determined. Frederick Douglass zealous country dull American labor rights activist, on activities of the National Farm Workers Association Human law may know no distinction among men in respect of rights, but human practice may. Frederick Douglass rights law men Experience proves that those are oftenest abused who can be abused with the greatest impunity. Men are whipped oftenest who are whipped easiest. Frederick Douglass prove society men From the first I saw no chance of bettering the condition of the freedman until he should cease to be merely a freedman and should become a citizen. Frederick Douglass saws citizens firsts Immense wealth, and its lavish expenditure, fill the great house with all that can please the eye, or tempt the taste. Here, appetite, not food, is the great desideratum. Frederick Douglass greed eye house I could, as a free man, look across the bay toward the Eastern Shore where I was born a slave. Frederick Douglass patriotic men looks In one point of view, we, the abolitionists and colored people, should meet [the Dred Scott] decision, unlooked for and monstrous as it appears, in a cheerful spirit. This very attempt to blot out forever the hopes of an enslaved people may be one necessary link in the chain of events preparatory to the downfall and complete overthrow of the whole slave system. Frederick Douglass decision views people Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work. Frederick Douglass slavery politics literature Every tone was a testimony against slavery, and a prayer to God for deliverance from chains. Frederick Douglass slavery tone prayer These dear souls came not to Sabbath school because it was popular to do so, nor did I teach them because it was reputable to be thus engaged. Every moment they spent in that school, they were liable to be taken up, and given thirty-nine lashes. They came because they wished to learn. Their minds had been starved by their cruel masters. They had been shut up in mental darkness. I taught them, because it was the delight of my soul to be doing something that looked like the bettering the condition of my race Frederick Douglass taken race school Men of Color, To Arms! The case is before you. This is our golden opportunity. Let us accept it, and forever wipe out the dark reproaches unsparingly hurled against us by our enemies. Let us win for ourselves the gratitude of our country, and the best blessings of our posterity through all time. Frederick Douglass gratitude war country Knowledge unfits a child to be a slave. Frederick Douglass be-a-slave slave children
