William Lloyd Garrison

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“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. No! no! Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; — but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present. 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 (1805-1879)

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“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 (1805-1879)

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“I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... 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 (1805-1879)

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“The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead.”

― William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879)

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“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 (1805-1879)

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“Liberty for each, for all, and forever!”

― William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879)

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"Everyone should be treated fairly no matter what they look like."

― William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879)

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"No man shall rule over me with my consent. I will rule over no man."

― William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879)

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"We may be personally defeated, but our principles never!"

― William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879)

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

― William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879)

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

― William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879)