Frederick Douglass

People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.

A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.

I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.