The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.

Frederick Douglass

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Topic

Threats to the nation National character

Speaker

Frederick Douglass

Source

We are Confronted by a New Administration

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Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1885 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Black activist Abolitionist Activist Writer

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United States

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Citation

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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Friedrich Nietzsche
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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Beyond Good and Evil, translated by R. J. Hollingdale. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 4, no. 134.

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1987 1980s 20th century
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