مَن أراد أن يكون حرًّا فعليه أن يضرب الضربة بنفسه. والأفضلُ أن يموت المرءُ حرًّا من أن يعيش عبدًا.

“Who would be free themselves must strike the blow. Better even to die free than to live slaves.”Frederick Douglass — Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History to the Present Time (2001)