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The best way to get up a mob, is to say there will be one, and this is what is being done.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The best way to get up a mob, is to say there will be one, and this is what is being done.”
Editor's note · Context
This quote reflects Douglass's insight into how fear and prediction can incite mob violence.
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