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"Politicians look for interests not people."
"And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet."
"I believe the term is 'eminent domain.'Ah, yes. That means 'theft by the government."
"Political or military commentators, like astrologers, can survive almost any mistake, because their more devoted followers do not look to them for an appraisal of the facts but for the stimulation of nationalistic loyalties."
"In my view, any government whose state is perpetually at war, and remains so in spite of initiatives to make peace, is incompetent and unfit and should resign."
"If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it."
Explore more quotes by Frederick Douglass
"A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it."
"A man's character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him."
"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."
"A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people."
"Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground."
"Fugitive slaves were rare then, and as a fugitive slave lecturer, I had the advantage of being the first one out."
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