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

Quote by Frederick Douglass

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

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

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...

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 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 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...

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...

One and God make a majority.

One and God make a majority.

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...

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...

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...

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.

Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in...

It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in...

Certainly there is no happiness within this circle of flesh, nor is it in the...

Certainly there is no happiness within this circle of flesh, nor is it in the...

The man who loves his country prefers its liberty to all other considerations, well knowing...

The man who loves his country prefers its liberty to all other considerations, well knowing...