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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.
Frederick Douglass
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Frederick Douglass
Age: 77 †
Born: 1818
Born: February 14
Died: 1895
Died: February 20
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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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I glory in the conflict, that I may hereafter exult in the victory. I know that victory is certain.
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