Frederick Douglass: “Its tendency is to make him despondent and doubtful, where he should feel assured and confident.”

I wished it was possible I could remain small all my life, knowing that the sooner I grew large the shorter would be my time to remain with them.

The anti-slavery platform had performed its work, and my voice was no longer needed.

For the moment the northern lamb was transformed into a lion, and his roar was terrible.

It was perhaps better for the country and for mankind that the good man could not know the end from the beginning.