Author: William Lloyd Garrison

Quotes

Surely, nothing can be more dangerous than the doctrine that the moral obligations of men change with the latitude and longitude of a place.

Surely, nothing can be more dangerous than the doctrine that the moral obligations of men change with the latitude and longitude of a place.

- William Lloyd Garrison

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

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

- William Lloyd Garrison

We may be personally defeated, but our principles never!

We may be personally defeated, but our principles never!

- William Lloyd Garrison

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

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

- William Lloyd Garrison

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

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

- 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.

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

The existing governments of the world are the consequence of disobedience to the commands of God. But Christ came to bring men back to obedience by a new and living way.

The existing governments of the world are the consequence of disobedience to the commands of God. But Christ came to bring men back to obedience by a new and living way.

- William Lloyd Garrison

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