If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

Quote by Frederick Douglass

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

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

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

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

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

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

To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer...

To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer...

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.

What to the Slave is the 4th of July.

What to the Slave is the 4th of July.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

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,...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...