Quote#Truth
Frederick Douglass once said: Any man may say things that are true of…
Quote byAlice Dunbar Nelson · 1875–1935
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Lincoln and Douglass" (February 11, 1917).
English (original)
Frederick Douglass once said: Any man may say things that are true of Abraham Lincoln, but no man can say anything that is new of Abraham Lincoln. If that were true in the past century, in the early seventies, how much more is it true today
— Alice Dunbar Nelson
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