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

Quote by Frederick Douglass

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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...

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...

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

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...

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...

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

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.

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...

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

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

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 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.

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 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.

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. Find out...

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

Anger may be foolish and obsurd, and one may be irritated when in the wrong;...

Anger may be foolish and obsurd, and one may be irritated when in the wrong;...

In vain we chisel, as best we can, the mysterious block of which our life...

In vain we chisel, as best we can, the mysterious block of which our life...

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never...

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never...

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion...

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion...