"Mankind are not held together by lies. Trust is the foundation of society. Where there is no truth, there can be no trust, and where there is no trust, there can be no society. Where there is society, there is trust, and where there is trust, there is something upon which it is supported."
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Frederick Douglass, "Our Composite Nationality" (7 December 1869), Boston, Massachusetts.
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