Frederick Douglass: “They know that if the votes of these parties have been guided by intelligence and patriotism, the same must be said of…”

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.

If I have had kicks, I have also had kindness.

Human liberty excludes all idea of home and abroad.

Knowledge unfits a child to be a slave.” I instinctively assented to the proposition, and from that moment I understood the direct pathway from slavery to freedom.