Brotherhood Quote by Frederick Douglass

“A smile or a tear has not nationality; joy and sorrow speak alike to all nations, and they, above all the confusion of tongues, proclaim the brotherhood of man” quote by Frederick Douglass — Download Open image

““A smile or a tear has not nationality; joy and sorrow speak alike to all nations, and they, above all the confusion of tongues, proclaim the brotherhood of man””

Frederick Douglass

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