I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.
—Frederick Douglass

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

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
—Frederick Douglass

I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
—Frederick Douglass