Frederick Douglass

The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery.

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

When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind.

If my house was on fire, I can't compromise about which part of the house I'm going to save. You save the whole house or it will all burn down. We either save this country or we do not.

I think the first time I was ever really conscious of the difference between people's voices was that my mother's voice was so soft and gentle and her pronunciation was so perfect.

I experienced the California Northridge Earthquake of 1994 and the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980, and I have thus seen firsthand how terrible and awesomely devastating a force of nature can be.