"The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous." ― Frederick Douglass Topic(s): Life More From Frederick Douglass "One and God make a majority." "The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery." "Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will." More In Life "Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you’ve become a comfortable, trusted element in another person’s life."― Joyce Brothers "Not by appointment do we meet delight Or joy; they heed not our expectancy; But round some corner of the streets of life they of a sudden greet us with a smile."― Gerald Massey "Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was."― Richard L. Evans