Frederick Douglass Quotes about Liberty

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What is possible for me is possible for you.

What is possible for me is possible for you.

Frederick Douglass

Black History, Liberty

Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!

Frederick Douglass

Liberty, Constitution, Glorious

What to the Slave is the 4th of July?, delivered 4 July 1852

Liberty for all; chains for none.

Frederick Douglass

Liberty, Chains

Frederick Douglass (2016). “The Portable Frederick Douglass”, p.344, Penguin

The Constitution is a GLORIOUS LIBERTY DOCUMENT. Read its preamble, consider it purposes. Is slavery among them? Is it at the gateway? or is it in the temple? it is neither.

Frederick Douglass

Liberty, Purpose, Slavery

What to the Slave is the 4th of July?, delivered 4 July 1852

To drag a man in fetters into the grand illuminated temple of liberty, and call upon him to join you in joyous anthems, were inhuman mockery and sacrilegious irony.

Frederick Douglass

Men, Liberty, Temples

What to the Slave is the 4th of July?, delivered 4 July 1852

Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the Constitution is a glorious liberty document. Read its preamble, consider its purposes. Is slavery among them? Is it at the gateway? or is it in the temple? It is neither.

Frederick Douglass

Liberty, Purpose, Slavery

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... and in thinking of my life, I almost forgot my liberty.

Frederick Douglass

Thinking, Liberty

Frederick Douglass (2016). “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”, p.159, Frederick Douglass