Frederick Douglass: 100 Quotes on Bondage, Perseverance, and Redemption
- ISBN-10
- 1544827016
- ISBN-13
- 9781544827018
- Series
- Frederick Douglass
- Pages
- 24
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-03-21
- Author
- Frederick Douglass
Description
"Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down. They know its power. Thrones, dominions, principalities, and powers, founded in injustice and wrong, are sure to tremble, if men are allowed to reason... Equally clear is the right to hear. To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker."
