Jan 1, 1855
So it is, so hath it ever been, and so must it ever be, when the claims of justice and mercy make their demand at the door of human selfishness.
Frederick Douglass
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Frederick Douglass was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He was "the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century".
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Jan 1, 1855
He knows very well whatsoever he would have done unto himself, but is quite in doubt as to having the same thing done unto others.
Jan 1, 1855
In his own cause he can beat a Boston lawyer, but he is dumb when asked to plead the cause of others.
Jan 1, 1855
You have only to keep out of sight the manner of applying your principles, to get them endorsed every time.
Jan 1, 1855
Every time the abolitionist speaks in honor of human liberty, he touches a chord in the heart of the anti-abolitionist, which responds in harmonious vibrations.
Jan 1, 1855
The slaveholder himself, the daily robber of his equal brother, discourses eloquently as to the excellency of justice, and the man who employs a brutal driver to flay the flesh of his negroes, is not offended when kindness and humanity are…
Jan 1, 1855
The difference between abolitionists and those by whom they are opposed, is not as to principles.
Jan 1, 1855
In whatever else men may differ, they are alike in the apprehension of their natural and personal rights.
Jan 1, 1855
A man that does not recognize and approve for himself the rights and privileges contended for, in behalf of the American slave, has not yet been found.
Jan 1, 1855
It comes home to every man’s understanding, and appeals directly to every man’s conscience.