On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
No power beneath the sky can make an ignorant, wasteful, and idle people prosperous, or a licentious people happy.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
Source
gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “No power beneath the sky can make an ignorant, wasteful, and idle people prosperous, or a licentious people happy.”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass asserts that no external force can bring prosperity or happiness to a people lacking essential virtues like knowledge, industry, and moral conduct.
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