1209: Frederick Douglass – Freedom of Speech is the Dread of Tyrants No Comments on 1209: Frederick Douglass – Freedom of Speech is the Dread of Tyrants Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down. —Frederick Douglass Download Print Quality (3840×2010) 2.32MB | Normal Quality (1920×1005) 202KBDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 3.38MB | Normal Quality (1920×1372) 270KBDownload Print Quality (2.34MB)Normal Quality (212KB)Download Print Quality (3.39MB)Normal Quality (280KB) Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down. —Frederick Douglass Tags American writers, Authoritarian, Authoritarianism, Conformity, Frederick Douglass, Free Speech, Freedom, Government, Oppression, Rights, Truth, Tyranny No Comments on 1209: Frederick Douglass – Freedom of Speech is the Dread of Tyrants