On the record
If lynch law is in any case condemned by them, it is only condemned in one breath and excused in another.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
Source
gutenberg.orgIf lynch law is in any case condemned by them, it is only condemned in one breath and excused in another.
Douglass notes the hypocrisy in the condemnation of lynching, which is often followed by justifications.
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