Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.

Quote by Frederick Douglass

Topics: Freedom Quotes, Mankind Quotes

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.

At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.

At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower,...

It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower,...

I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes...

I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes...

A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth...

A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth...

It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower,...

It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower,...

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.

A man's character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color...

A man's character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color...

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.

In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old...

In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old...

People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly...

People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly...

No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at...

No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at...

Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one...

Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one...

The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and...

The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and...

I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.

I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.

My Lord! make me keep up prayer and from my offspring (too), O our Lord,...

My Lord! make me keep up prayer and from my offspring (too), O our Lord,...

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and...

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and...

Pray silently with simplicity every day to stay cool and calm in mind, composed and...

Pray silently with simplicity every day to stay cool and calm in mind, composed and...