1
The plea for this outrage was then, as it is always, the tyrant's plea of necessity.
The complete collection
3 quotes by Frederick Douglass · clear filters
The plea for this outrage was then, as it is always, the tyrant's plea of necessity.
Let us render the tyrant no aid; let us not hold the light by which he can trace the footprints of our flying brother.
The moral which I gained from the dialogue was the power of truth over the conscience of even a slaveholder.
© 2026 Just Brands, LLC