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Quote of the Day — Frederick Douglass

July 26, 2023

The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion. — Frederick Douglass

1818–1895

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Frederick Douglass

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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From the Show

Frederick Douglass’s words on the root causes of rebellion resonated throughout the July 26, 2023 broadcast, where guests exposed how regulatory overreach and erosion of rights fuel citizen frustration. Bob Boswell revealed how climate change fear is weaponized politically while regulations hurt the poor and fail to address real environmental concerns, and Trent Loos analyzed deceptive legislation on foreign land ownership, warned about perpetual easements that could be sold to China, and discussed crushing property tax burdens on farmers.

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