Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
Frederick Douglass

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
Frederick Douglass

We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.
Frederick Douglass

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
Frederick Douglass

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
Frederick Douglass

I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
Frederick Douglass

One and God make a majority.
Frederick Douglass

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.
Frederick Douglass