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.
Power concedes nothing without a demand.
A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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.
Whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only increased my desire to be free, and read more
Whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only increased my desire to be free, and set me to thinking of plans to gain my freedom.
