Quotes By Frederick Douglass

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

The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.

A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.

I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted.

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