"Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.

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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
More Frederick Douglass quotes
"I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing...
"Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.