William Lloyd Garrison Quotes & Sayings

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

“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.”

“My country is the world; my countrymen are mankind.”

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

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

“That which is not just is not law.”

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

“We may be personally defeated, but our principles never!”

“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.”

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