William Lloyd Garrison Quotes Slideshow

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Where there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion.
-William Lloyd Garrison

I will say, finally, that I despair of the republic while slavery exists therein.
-William Lloyd Garrison

I accuse her of legalizing, on an enormous scale, licentiousness, fraud, cruelty and murder.
-William Lloyd Garrison

I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice.
-William Lloyd Garrison

I have not come here with reference to any flag but that of freedom.
-William Lloyd Garrison

We have a natural right, therefore, to seek the abolition of slavery throughout the globe.
-William Lloyd Garrison

I am in earnest--I will not equivocate--I will not excuse--I will not retreat a single inch and I will be heard.
-William Lloyd Garrison

Little boldness is needed to assail the opinions and practices of notoriously wicked men; but to rebuke great and good men for their conduct, and to impeach their discernment, is the highest effort of moral courage.
-William Lloyd Garrison

Is Error, though unwittingly supported by a host of good men, stronger than Truth? Are Right and Wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion?
-William Lloyd Garrison

Our country is the world--our countrymen are mankind.
-William Lloyd Garrison

My country is the world, my countrymen are mankind.
-William Lloyd Garrison

With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.
-William Lloyd Garrison

I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or to speak, or write, with moderation
-William Lloyd Garrison

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