To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of t…

Frederick Douglass
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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 (2013). Selected Addresses of Frederick Douglass, p.56, Simon and Schuster
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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 (2013). Selected Addresses of Frederick Douglass, p.56, Simon and Schuster

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