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Quote by Frederick Douglass
When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap

When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind. – Frederick Douglass

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Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe. – Frederick Douglass

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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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I have encountered riotous mobs and have been hung in effigy, but my motto is: Mens rights are nothing more. Womens rights are nothing less. – Susan B. Anthony

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Men dont and cant live by exchanging articles, but by producing them. They dont live by trade, but by work. Give up that foolish and vain title of Trades Unions and take that of laborers Unions. – John Ruskin

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Commitment means that it is possible for a man to yield the nerve center of his consent to a purpose or cause, a movement or an ideal, which may be more important to him than whether he lives or dies. – Howard Thurman

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Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are at the mercy of those who have none. – George Bernard Shaw

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