I expose slavery in this country, because to expose it is to kill it. Slavery is one of those monsters of darkness to whom the light of truth is death.

Quote by Frederick Douglass

Topics: Death Quotes

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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 gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.

A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.

There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough,...

There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough,...

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...

Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers...

Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers...

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.

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

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.

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...

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.

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage...

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage...

I thank God for my handicaps, for, through them, I have found myself, my work,...

I thank God for my handicaps, for, through them, I have found myself, my work,...