Quote of the Day — Frederick Douglass
May 23, 2019
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. — Frederick Douglass
1818–1895
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1818–1895
Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in February 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. He was given the name Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey at birth. The identity of his father was never definitively established, though it was widely believed to be his white enslaver, Aaron Anthony. Separated from his mother, Harriet Bailey, at an early age, young Frederick was raised largely by his maternal grandmother, Betsy Bailey, on the outskirts of the plantation. His mother died when Frederick was about seven years old, and he later wrote that he received the news of…
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Frederick Douglass’s wisdom on nurturing children rather than mending broken adults anchored the May 23, 2019 broadcast, where Steven Kessler traced the philosophical roots of the left’s moral relativism back to Rousseau, explaining how the ethic of authenticity enables progressives to normalize previously unthinkable behaviors.
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Liberalism
A political and moral philosophy devoted to the individual and the continuous expansion of personal liberties and freedoms, often characterized…
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The Philosophical Roots of the Left’s Moral Relativism
Dr. Steven Kessler traces liberalism's origins to Rousseau, explaining the left's ethic of authenticity and its impact on society. May 23, 2019.
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