Frederick Douglass

"The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress."

"There is hope in honest labor, dignity in honest work."

"Get the audience smiling, and then you can say what you want."

"I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong."

"A change of circumstances is the accompaniment of change in the character of individuals."

"We have as much right to the use of this earth as any other people."

"The fact that the colored man is not in the jury box is a standing proof of his inferiority."

"I can trust, I can hope, I can work."

"Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants."

"Education mean emancipation."

"The soul that is within me no man can degrade."

"I never liked to have a master."

"If my life is worth anything now, it is because I have exerted myself to overcome my inferiority."

"My best work has been my life."

"I would encourage all colored people to not submit to the indignities of segregation."

"Slavery is not abolished until the black man has equal rights before the law."

"Agitate - that is the great thing."

"The Union that shall come out of this terrible conflict must be a thing of beauty."

"I would eat with whom I please."

"The white people of the North have money, but the black people have hearts."

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

"Character is what you do when no one is watching."

"From time to time we should pause to reflect upon our blessings."

"A man may work from sun to sun, but woman's work is never done."

"The mind of the man—not the color of his skin."

"Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God."

"I am a self-made man."

"What the people want is very plain."

"The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery."

"I would say to those in bondage, Go forward!"