the hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed ; and its crimes against God and man must be proclaimed and denounced”

Frederick Douglass, Oration, Delivered in Corinthian Hall, Rochester by Frederick Douglass, July 5th, 1852 (Rochester: Lee, Mann & Co., 1852).

For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be roused; the propriety of the nation must be startled;