In a word, I have never yet been able to find one consideration, one argument, or suggestion in favor of man’s right to participate in civil government which did not equally apply to the right of woman.
From his autobiography, Douglass declares that he has found no valid argument for men's right to participate in civil government that does not apply equally to women.
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