Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are …

Frederick Douglass
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Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. ✨ Speech, Canandaigua, N.Y., 4 Aug. 1857
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Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. ✨ Speech, Canandaigua, N.Y., 4 Aug. 1857

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