People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
Frederick DouglassDid John Brown fail? John Brown began the war that ended American slavery and made this a free Republic.
Frederick DouglassNo man can be truly free whose liberty is dependent upon the thought, feeling and action of others, and who has himself no means in his own hands for guarding, protecting, defending and maintaining that liberty
Frederick DouglassI have often wished myself a beast. I preferred the condition of the meanest reptile to my own. Any thing, no matter what, to get rid of thinking! It was this everlasting thinking of my condition that tormented me. There was no getting rid of it. It was pressed upon me by every object within sight or hearing, animate or inanimate.
Frederick Douglass