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October 16, 2025

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.

Frederick Douglass (1818 – 1895), American abolitionist and orator, in the New Yorker, May 5, 2025, p. 8

Assume this is the gospel truth, how ready are you to proclaim it?

If this statement were part of a car, it would be where the rubber meets the road.


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