It is not the light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
Abolitionist, orator
Speech, 'What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?'
1852
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"Agitate, agitate, agitate!"
Controversial"Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning."
Controversial"It is not the man that is in fault, but the system."
Controversial"I have always been more deeply interested in the welfare of the colored people than in any merely personal matter."
Strange & Unusual"If the Negro knows enough to pay taxes to support the government, he knows enough to vote; taxation and representation should go together. If he knows enough to shoulder a musket and fight for the fla…"
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