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

Quote by Frederick Douglass

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

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

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...

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...

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule...

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule...

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.

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 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 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 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.

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...

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...

One and God make a majority.

One and God make a majority.

A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is...

A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is...

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...

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

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

It would do the world good if every man would compel himself occasionally to be...

It would do the world good if every man would compel himself occasionally to be...

Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things

Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things

The greater part of progress is the desire for progress

The greater part of progress is the desire for progress

The life of man is a struggle on earth. But without a cross, without a...

The life of man is a struggle on earth. But without a cross, without a...