The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest…

Douglass, Frederick. "We are Confronted by a New Administration." 23rd Anniversary of the Emancipation of Slaves. 16 Apr. 1885, Lincoln Memorial Congregational Church, Washington, DC, USA.

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