The Federal Government was never, in its essence, anything but an anti-slavery government.
Frederick DouglassLiberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down.
Frederick DouglassFortune may crowd a man's life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing unless he makes a wise and vigorous use of them.
Frederick DouglassThe simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
Frederick Douglass