Douglas
Power conceded nothing without a demand.
by poopie 13 Replies latest jw friends
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sir82
Turnips showered a tractor of guava hullabaloo.
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sparrowdown
Abba dabba do
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GrreatTeacher
http://www.blackpast.org/1857-frederick-douglass-if-there-no-struggle-there-no-progress
This is from a speech by Frederick Douglass in 1857 a few years before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
"Find out exactly what people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both."
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slimboyfat
Very true.
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dubstepped
Lmao @sir82. You win!
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sparrowdown
Aw damn, if I knew it was a competition I would have tried harder.
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humbled
Haha! Y’all
Terrific reference Grreat Teacher. I had never read that speech. I read Douglass’ autobiography to my children when they were young . What a man.
Hey! Poopie. Pour yer self some stout tea ‘r coffee n say sumpin!
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GrreatTeacher
Hey, humbled.
I never read Douglass until college, but I live near where he grew up, so a lot of his descriptions of places were very vivid to me because I literally knew where they were.
Amazing life story. I teach it to my 4th graders. Proud to be a Marylander.