I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence. – Frederick Douglass
At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. – 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
America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future. – Frederick Douglass