Frederick Douglass — "I have no love for America, as such. I have no patriotism. I have no country. I …"
I have no love for America, as such. I have no patriotism. I have no country. I have no flag. I have nothing to be proud of in this country.
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Abridged and often misquoted. The full context clarifies his love for the *idea* of America, but not its current reality. This fragment, however, is striking.
Date: c. 1850s
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