Frederick Douglass Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Frederick Douglass quotes, Frederick Douglass sayings, and Frederick Douglass proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave. Frederick Douglass
It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. Frederick Douglass
A man is worked upon by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well. Frederick Douglass
A nation composed of all classes should be governed by no one class exclusively. All should be included, and none excluded. Thus aggrieved classes would be rendered impossible. Frederick Douglass
Falsehood is not easily exposed when it has had an early start in advance of the truth. Frederick Douglass
I am a Democrat in the largest sense of the word— a friend of equal rights and I believe that I live in a nation that has nothing to do with the graduation of human rights. Frederick Douglass
Human rights stand upon a common basis; and by all the reason that they are supported, maintained and defended, for one variety of the human family, they are supported, maintained and defended for all the human family; because all mankind has the same wants, arising out of a common nature. Frederick Douglass
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. Frederick Douglass
Once you learn to read, you will be forever free Frederick Douglass
People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get. Frederick Douglass
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. Frederick Douglass