Frederick Douglass Of Quotations

What to the Slave is the 4th of July.

No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.

To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.

A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.

The 4th of July is the first great fact in your nation's history — the very ring-bolt in the chain of your yet undeveloped destiny. Pride and patriotism, not less than gratitude, prompt you to celebrate and to hold it in perpetual remembrance. I have said that the Declaration of Independence is the ring-bolt to the chain of your nation's destiny; so, indeed, I regard it. The principles contained in that instrument are saving principles. Stand by those principles, be true to them on all occasions, in all places, against all foes, and at whatever cost.

Abolition of slavery had been the deepest desire and the great labor of my life

Some know the value of education by having it. I know it's value by not having it.

In a composite Nation like ours, made up of almost every variety of the human family, there should be, as before the Law, no rich, no poor, no high, no low, no black, no white, but one country, one citizenship equal rights and a common destiny for all. A government that cannot or does not protect the humblest citizen in his right to life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness, should be reformed or overthrown, without delay.