"At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed." ― Frederick Douglass Topic(s): Time More From Frederick Douglass "Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground." "It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." "I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress." More In Time "I believe that my own Christian faith does indeed make universal claims."― Timothy Radcliffe "We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves."― Francois de La Rochefoucauld "Cancer victims who don’t accept their fate, who don’t learn to live with it, will only destroy what little time they have left."― Ingrid Bergman