America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.

Quote by Frederick Douglass

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One and God make a majority.

One and God make a majority.

Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact...

Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact...

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the...

When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the...

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.

I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend...

I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend...

Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops...

Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops...

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...

We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to...

We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to...

The soul that is within me no man can degrade.

The soul that is within me no man can degrade.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the...

I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the...

The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.

The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.

The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery.

The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery.

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 could, as a free man, look across the bay toward the Eastern Shore where...

I could, as a free man, look across the bay toward the Eastern Shore where...

Fugitive slaves were rare then, and as a fugitive slave lecturer, I had the advantage...

Fugitive slaves were rare then, and as a fugitive slave lecturer, I had the advantage...

I expose slavery in this country, because to expose it is to kill it. Slavery...

I expose slavery in this country, because to expose it is to kill it. Slavery...

You haven't lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not...

You haven't lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not...

There is only one dream I can guarentee...my death.

There is only one dream I can guarentee...my death.