Social Justice & Humanity✓ Verified source
“Let the nation try justice and the problem will be solved.
— Frederick Douglass
Abolitionist and statesman
1890s / Lessons of the Hour (1894)
About this quote
- Attributed to
- Frederick Douglass
- Source
- 1890s / Lessons of the Hour (1894)
- Culture / tradition
- African American
- Attribution status
- ✓ Verified source
- Verification
- Primary reference
Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · Portrait: George Kendall Warren (Public domain)
Reflect
What would change if you lived this for one week?
The Sage Challenge
Write one sentence in your journal about what this means to you.
Join to journal, save & shareCreate a share imageWatch & listen
Mahatma Gandhi's Speech (Unedited Voice)
indiavideodotorg·Justice
Featured in one of the Sage books
MLK - A Knock at Midnight
godisanegro·Justice
Featured in one of the Sage books
"We Shall Overcome" - Martin Luther King, Jr.
trippin2billie·Justice
Featured in one of the Sage books
More from Frederick Douglass & related wisdom
Justice✓ Verified source
“Armed with the knowledge of our past, we can with confidence charter a course for our future. Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle. We must take hold of it and forge the future with the past.
— Malcolm X
Speech at Founding Rally of the Organization of Afro-American Unity (28 June 1964), as quoted in By Any Means Necessary (1970)
JusticeAs published
“Peace and happiness are available in every moment. Peace is every step. We shall walk hand in hand. There are no political solutions to spiritual problems. Remember: If the Creator put it there, it is in the right place. The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears.
— Indian proverb
