Frederick Douglass: “Radicalism, so far from being odious, is not the popular passport to…”

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Radicalism, so far from being odious, is not the popular passport to power.

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Frederick Douglass

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Here, Douglass argues that radicalism is not only acceptable but is a necessary approach to gain political power.

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Frederick Douglass: “Radicalism, so far from being odious, is not the popular passport to power.”