Maxioms by Frederick Douglass
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will read more
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.
The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery.
The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery.
A man without force, is without the essential dignity of humanity. Human nature is so constituted, that it cannot honor read more
A man without force, is without the essential dignity of humanity. Human nature is so constituted, that it cannot honor a helpless man, although it can pity him.
It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the read more
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.
