A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

Adlai Stevenson

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Topic

Nature of freedom Freedom Political theory

Speaker

Adlai Stevenson

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Politician

From

United States

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Citation

Stevenson, Adlai. "Safeguards Against Communism." 7 Oct. 1952, Masonic Temple, Detroit, MI, USA.

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Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

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Time
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What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham.

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Language
English
Time
1852 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Douglass, Frederick. "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Independence Day Celebration. 5 July 1852, Corinthian Hall, Rochester, NY, USA.

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