Frederick Douglass Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Frederick Douglass quotes and sayings page 2 (deceased author born on Feb 14, 1818). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 36 we have for him.
“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.”
“Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.”
“To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.”
“People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.”
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”
“What to the Slave is the 4th of July.”
“I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.”
“The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.”
“We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.”
“I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.”
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