"Whether we turn to the declarations of the past, or to the professions of the present, the conduct of the nation seems equally hideous and revolting. America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future."

Frederick Douglass delivered a sharp speech, titled "The Hypocrisy of American Slavery," in 1852, after having escaped it himself in 1838. His renowned autobiography of 1845 led to speaking invitations, for which this speech about slavery's injustice was delivered.

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