Author: Gerrit Smith

Quotes

The Southern slave would obey God in respect to marriage, and also to the reading and studying of His word. But this, as we have seen, is forbidden him.

The Southern slave would obey God in respect to marriage, and also to the reading and studying of His word. But this, as we have seen, is forbidden him.

- Gerrit Smith

But I love honesty, and, therefore; do I make great account of facts.

But I love honesty, and, therefore; do I make great account of facts.

- Gerrit Smith

I welcomed the organization of the Anti-slavery Society.

I welcomed the organization of the Anti-slavery Society.

- Gerrit Smith

I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people for the use of the government.

I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people for the use of the government.

- Gerrit Smith

I prefer, in a word, the republican system, because it comes up more nearly to God's system.

I prefer, in a word, the republican system, because it comes up more nearly to God's system.

- Gerrit Smith

Truth and mercy require the exertion - never the suppression, of man's noble rights and powers.

Truth and mercy require the exertion - never the suppression, of man's noble rights and powers.

- Gerrit Smith

God cannot approve of a system of servitude, in which the master is guilty of assuming absolute power - of assuming God's place and relation towards his fellow-men.

God cannot approve of a system of servitude, in which the master is guilty of assuming absolute power - of assuming God's place and relation towards his fellow-men.

- Gerrit Smith

As this is the first time I have had the floor, it may be well for me now to confess, that I am in the habit of freely imputing errors to my fellow-men.

As this is the first time I have had the floor, it may be well for me now to confess, that I am in the habit of freely imputing errors to my fellow-men.

- Gerrit Smith

It is manifestly vital to the success of the anti-slavery cause, that the authority and influence of proslavery, especially of slaveholding, ministers should be destroyed.

It is manifestly vital to the success of the anti-slavery cause, that the authority and influence of proslavery, especially of slaveholding, ministers should be destroyed.

- Gerrit Smith

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