If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

What it means

Douglass says every gain for human freedom was born of earnest struggle. Progress does not arrive on its own. If you want change, expect to push for it.

The source

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress." Frederick Douglass said it in West India Emancipation speech, Canandaigua, New York, 3 August 1857. Written in English: West India Emancipation, 1857.

"If there is no struggle there is no progress."

Original English (West India Emancipation, 1857), West India Emancipation speech, Canandaigua, New York, 3 August 1857. Text read at en.wikisource.org.

Who said it

Frederick Douglass (c. 1818–1895). Learned to read in secret, escaped slavery and became the leading abolitionist voice of his age. He wrote the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845).

Questions

What does "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." mean?

Douglass says every gain for human freedom was born of earnest struggle. Progress does not arrive on its own. If you want change, expect to push for it.

Who said "If there is no struggle, there is no progress."?

Frederick Douglass (c. 1818–1895). Source: West India Emancipation speech, Canandaigua, New York, 3 August 1857.

What is the original wording?

If there is no struggle there is no progress (Original English (West India Emancipation, 1857)). Written in English: West India Emancipation, 1857.

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