William Lloyd Garrison
(1805-1879)

American Abolitionist

birthdate: December 10
birthplace:
Newburyport, Massachusetts

QUOTES

I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. . . . I am in earnest -- I will not equivocate -- I will not excuse -- I will not retreat a single inch -- AND I WILL BE HEARD

Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion?

My country is the world; my countrymen are mankind.

That which is not just is not law.

We may be personally defeated, but our principles never!

You can not possibly have a broader basis for government than that which includes all the people, with all their rights in their hands, and with an equal power to maintain their rights.

The success of any great moral enterprise does not depend on numbers.

Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion

Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril"

Our country is the world, our countrymen all mankind. We love the land of our nativity, only as we love all other lands. The interests, rights, and liberties of American citizens are no more dear to us, than are those of the whole human race."

 

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