On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
It was not always convenient to steal from master, and the same reason why I might, innocently, steal from him, did not seem to justify me in stealing from others.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
Source
gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It was not always convenient to steal from master, and the same reason why I might, innocently, steal from him, did not…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass explains the moral distinction he drew between taking food from his master and taking it from other people.
Share
More from Frederick Douglass
Jan 1, 1881
Still another ground of hope I find in the fact that colored men are strong in their gratitude to benefactors, and firm in their political convictions.
Jan 1, 1881
No power beneath the sky can make an ignorant, wasteful, and idle people prosperous, or a licentious people happy.