The Frederick Douglass Story: No Progress Without Struggle

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Dr. Willie Jolley’s principle to win BIG today “The Frederick Douglass Story: No Progress Without Struggle”

I want to know, are you ready to win today? As we celebrate Black History, I want to celebrate the winning lessons of Frederick Douglass, who was a noted scholar and abolitionist of the 18th century, who was an ex-enslaved person who struggled to escape slavery and go on to become one of America’s great statesmen. 

Frederick Douglass spoke about the correlation between struggle and success. He said there is no progress without struggle.  Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation.  Men who want crops without plowing up the ground.  They want rain without thunder and lightning.  They want the oceans without the roar of its waters.  The struggle might be a moral one or a physical one, but it must be a struggle.  Men may not get all they plea for in this world, but they certainly pay for all they get.  Must do it by labor, by suffering, by sacrificing, if need be, by your life.  Our lives make a difference because we choose to. 

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