Talk:Frederick Douglass

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• 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.
  • As quoted without source at Bartleby.com

• Once you learn to read you will be forever free.

• There is a class of people who seem to think that if a man should fall overboard into the sea with a Bible in his pocket it would hardly be possible to drown. I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
  • "There is a class of people who seem to believe that if a man should fall overboard into the sea with a Bible in his pocket it would hardly be possible to drown" can be found in Bill Bradfield's On Reading the Bible (2005), p. 33, where it appears to be taken from Douglass' North Star. "I prayed twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs"—note the missing word, "for"—can be found in Rufus K. Noyes' Views of Religion (1906), p. 65. These are the best I was able to find. --Hughh (talk) 21:29, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

• There was a right side and a wrong side in the late war, which no sentiment ought to cause us to forget, and while to-day we should have malice toward none, and charity toward all, it is no part of our duty to confound right with wrong.

• To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.

Quote containing "deprecated" is in original pamphlet by Douglass as "depreciated."

Yes, I know there are thousands of pages that use the word "deprecated" but in the original pamphlet by Douglass he uses the word "depreciated."

See my study on this mistake here: [1]

See a facsimile reproduction of the actual pamphlet here: [2] See the quote source on page 22.

DoneChip.berlet (talk) 13:56, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

I will wait a week and then make the correction if there is no objection. --Cberlet (talk) 02:45, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

Quote "Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude"

There is a quote attributed to Douglass, "Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude." I have copied from somewhere that it is via Public Enemy via the Bar-Kays, which I have not attempted to verify. But I've tried to verify the Douglass origin, and though I've found many attributions online I haven't found a proper reference. Also, when I think about it, the quote doesn't seem right for Douglass' position or times. The existence of the country showed that a large multitude could enjoy freedom -- as the term was understood then -- and Douglass' mission was to extend that freedom to another large multitude, which he seemed to think would be limited by the external oppressions the group suffered rather than by their intrinsic weaknesses (as the quote suggests is critical). Could someone with better bibliographic resources confirm or deny this quote? Given its popularity, either result should be noted on Douglass' page. 66.31.109.155 04:34, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

Quote "It’s easier to build strong children than to repair broken men."

This is seemingly his most famous. I am surprised it's not on the page as either a valid one or a common misattribution? Can't find any source for at at the moment, however. Sonarpulse (talk) 19:33, 22 July 2024 (UTC)