Fugitive slaves were rare then and as a fugitive slave lecturer I had the advantage of being the fi

Fugitive slaves were rare then and as a fugitive slave lecturer I had the advantage of being the first one out.

Author: Frederick Douglass

A little learning indeed may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.

America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.

Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.