Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.Frederick Douglass
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To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.
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I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety.
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I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
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