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Quote by Frederick Douglass
It is not light that we need, but fire it is not the gentle shower

It is not light that we need, but fire it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. – Frederick Douglass

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Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. – Frederick Douglass

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There is no Negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution. – Frederick Douglass

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America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future. – Frederick Douglass

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