Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass Quotes

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
― Fredrick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass

“It was in the nature of the system never to rest in obscurity, although that condition was in a high degree essential to its security. It was forever forcing itself into prominence. Unconscious, apparently, of its own deformity, it omitted no occasion for inviting disgust by seeking approval and admiration. It was noisiest when it should have been most silent and unobtrusive.”
― Fredrick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass