Quotes from 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.

Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.

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

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

The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.

Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.

Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.

Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.