Words To Live By, Words Of Wisdom, And Words To Ponder.
"At a time like this,
scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. O! had I the
ability, and could reach the nation’s ear, I would, today, pour out a
fiery stream of biting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm,
and stern rebuke. For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is
not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind,
and the earthquake. The feeling of the
nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be roused;
the propriety of the nation must be startled; the hypocrisy of the
nation must be exposed; and its crimes against God and man must be
proclaimed and denounced."
-- From Frederick Douglass, "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro" (July 5, 1852), excerpted in Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove, editors, Voices of a People's History of the United States.
-- From Frederick Douglass, "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro" (July 5, 1852), excerpted in Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove, editors, Voices of a People's History of the United States.
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