A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people. – Frederick Douglass
You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man. – Frederick Douglass
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. – 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