"Life and Times of Frederick Douglass" Quotes
The autobiography of Frederick Douglass, a former slave who became a prominent abolitionist leader, detailing his experiences and struggles for freedom and equality.
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Quotes
I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the south is a mere covering for the most horrid crimes, a justifier of the most appalling barbarity.
Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted.
The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.
It's not the absence of laws, but the presence of justice that makes a nation great.
The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.
