Frederick Douglass

The American church is a Christian church, but it is not the Christian church of Christ.

The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle.

The slave is a man, and a man is a moral agent, and a moral agent is accountable to God.

The true object of government is to secure the rights of the governed.

The American people are a 'peculiar' people. They are a people of contradictions.

The man who is not afraid to die is not afraid to live.

The only way to make a man a slave is to make him believe he is a slave.

I have no faith in the justice of a country that can make a man a slave.

The white man's heaven is the black man's hell.

I have been a slave, and I know what it is to be a slave.

The slave-holder is a man, but he is a man with a whip.

The American government is a government of the people, by the people, and for the white people.

I am not a Negro, I am a man.

The American Constitution is a glorious liberty document, but it is a liberty document for white men.

The slave is a man, and a man has a soul, and a soul has a right to be free.

I am not an abolitionist, I am a human being.

The American flag is a symbol of freedom, but it is a symbol of freedom for white men.

The slave-holder is a Christian, but he is a Christian with a whip.

The American church is a Christian church, but it is a Christian church that supports slavery.

I am not a citizen, I am a slave.