Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
Author: Frederick Douglass
People might not get all they work for in this world but they must certainly work for all they get.
People might not get all they work for in this world but they must certainly work for all they get.
At a time like this scorching irony not convincing argument is needed.
At a time like this scorching irony not convincing argument is needed.
Where justice is denied where poverty is enforced where ignorance prevails and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress rob and degrade them neither persons nor property will be safe.
Where justice is denied where poverty is enforced where ignorance prevails and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress rob and degrade them neither persons nor property will be safe.
I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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.
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.
When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind.
When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind.
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
A little learning indeed may be a dangerous thing but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
A little learning indeed may be a dangerous thing but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
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 battle lost or won is easily described understood and appreciated but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection as well as observation to appreciate it.
A battle lost or won is easily described understood and appreciated but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection as well as observation to appreciate it.