William Lloyd Garrison Quotes

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

Men, Lost, Give

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

Wrong, Opinion, Popular

Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril.
William Lloyd Garrison

Freedom, Human, Liberty

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

Country, Mankind, Countrymen

The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell.
William Lloyd Garrison

Death, Hell, Between

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

Sex, Human, May

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

Single, Heard, Excuse

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

Truth, Justice, Single

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

Enough, Dead, Apathy

The success of any great moral enterprise does not depend upon numbers.
William Lloyd Garrison

Success, Great, Moral

That which is not just is not law.
William Lloyd Garrison

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

Country, Mankind, Countrymen

We may be personally defeated, but our principles never!
William Lloyd Garrison

Failure, May, Principles

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.
William Lloyd Garrison

Power, Government, Rights

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: December 12, 1805

Died: May 24, 1879

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