Famously Said Random quote

Frederick Douglass — Portrait after a picture by Engraved by J.C. Buttre from a daguerreotype (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.

The quotations of

Frederick Douglass

African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist

1817–1895

23 quotes, most often on Freedom, Slavery and America.

The destiny of the colored American … is the destiny of America.
Speech at the Emancipation League (12 February 1862), Boston
- America
- Race
We deem it a settled point that the destiny of the colored man is bound up with that of the white people of this country. … We are here, and here we are likely to be.
“The Destiny of Colored Americans”, The North Star (16 November 1849)
- America
- Race
What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim.
What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? (1852)
We shall neither die out, nor be driven out; but shall go on with this people, either as a testimony against them, or as an evidence in their favor throughout their generations.
“The Destiny of Colored Americans”, The North Star (16 November 1849)
- America
- Race

Most quoted

C. S. Lewis1898–1963151 quotes

Mark Twain1835–1910151 quotes

Benjamin Franklin1706–179098 quotes

Martin Luther King Jr.1929–196884 quotes

Albert Einstein1879–195595 quotes

Dave Barryborn 1947100 quotes