https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:57:54 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 https://wist.info/douglass-frederick/32911/ https://wist.info/douglass-frederick/32911/#respond Mon, 07 Mar 2016 22:09:51 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=32911 I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.

Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) American abolitionist, orator, writer
(Attributed)

Mentioned frequently as being part of his earlier speeches, but unsourced. Also found as "failed to see the slightest scintillation of an answer until I prayed with my legs." ]]> https://wist.info/douglass-frederick/32911/feed/ 0 32911