Frederick Douglass

"There is always hope that one may correct a censurable act, but none that one may retrieve a censurable word."

"The Irish and the negro meet in the same degradation and poverty."

"Every mother is a Queen of her household."

"The moment they believed themselves to be free, the chains fell off."

"I claim the right to think for myself, to judge for myself."

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."

"A man must work or die."

"Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support, and opens the way to wealth and honor."

"An all-powerful and all-wise God has been merciful in granting to our whole race the capacities and faculties required for civilization."

"He who has conquered his own selfishness has conquered the enemy."

"The word of truth is more powerful than all the hosts of error."

"I have as much right to think freely as any other person."

"The laws of God are executed in and by the laws of nature."

"Every effort made to perpetuate the system of slavery is a sin."

"To be deeply reading and reflecting is to be something like a mountain that is crowned with eternal snows."

"I have always been in favor of the ballot for women but I have not committed myself to go on a stump and deliver speeches in favor of woman suffrage."

"The unity of the human race is not a mere matter of sentiment or metaphysical speculation."

"A cheerful eye indicates general happiness."

"I understand the value of perseverance in all its forms."

"To the poor man every day is a holiday; he is his own master."

"Some knowledge comes to all men naturally; all men have moral perception."

"The true relation between master and slave has been violated."

"A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box."

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

"I have found that almost any task is easier with enthusiasm."

"The path of progress is the path of humanity."

"There are few things more dreadful than a great nation beginning to lose its moral sense."

"True wisdom often comes in the form of a hard question."

"We may not be able to see the future, but faith shows us the way."

"A man without force is without the essential dignity that nature intended."