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> [“Fortunate, most fortunate occurrence!—fortunate for the millions of his manacled brethren, yet panting for deliverance from their awful thraldom!—fortunate for the cause of negro emancipation, and of universal liberty!—fortunate for the land of his birth, which he has already done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lloyd-garrison/fortunate-most-fortunate-occurrence-fortunate-for-the-millions-of-his/)

[William Lloyd Garrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lloyd-garrison/)

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## More by William Lloyd Garrison

> [“I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lloyd-garrison/i-am-aware-that-many-object-to-the-severity-of-my-language-but-is/)

[William Lloyd Garrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lloyd-garrison/)

> [“Fortunate, most fortunate occurrence!—fortunate for the millions of his manacled brethren, yet panting for deliverance from their awful thraldom!—fortunate for the cause of negro…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lloyd-garrison/fortunate-most-fortunate-occurrence-fortunate-for-the-millions-of-his/)

[William Lloyd Garrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lloyd-garrison/)

> [A man's country is the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lloyd-garrison/a-man-s-country-is-the-world/)

[William Lloyd Garrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lloyd-garrison/)

> [I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lloyd-garrison/i-will-be-as-harsh-as-truth-and-uncompromising-as-justice-i-am-in/)

[William Lloyd Garrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lloyd-garrison/)

> [In proportion as we perceive and embrace the truth do we become just, heroic, magnanimous, divine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lloyd-garrison/in-proportion-as-we-perceive-and-embrace-the-truth-do-we-become-just/)

[William Lloyd Garrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lloyd-garrison/)

> [Slavery will not be overthrown without excitement, a most tremendous excitement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lloyd-garrison/slavery-will-not-be-overthrown-without-excitement-a-most-tremendous/)

[William Lloyd Garrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lloyd-garrison/)

> [The success of any great moral enterprise does not depend upon numbers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lloyd-garrison/the-success-of-any-great-moral-enterprise-does-not-depend-upon-numbers/)

[William Lloyd Garrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lloyd-garrison/)

> [To say that everything in the bible is to be believed , simply because it is found in that volume, is equally absurd and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lloyd-garrison/to-say-that-everything-in-the-bible-is-to-be-believed-simply-because/)

[William Lloyd Garrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lloyd-garrison/)

> [Gradualism in theory is perpetuity in practice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lloyd-garrison/gradualism-in-theory-is-perpetuity-in-practice/)

[William Lloyd Garrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lloyd-garrison/)

> [Every Fourth of July, our Declaration of Independence is produced, with a sublime indignation, to set forth the tyranny of the mother country and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lloyd-garrison/every-fourth-of-july-our-declaration-of-independence-is-produced-with/)

[William Lloyd Garrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lloyd-garrison/)

> [I do not believe that God has created us under this dire necessity to toil, like beasts, to sustain life. I believe it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lloyd-garrison/i-do-not-believe-that-god-has-created-us-under-this-dire-necessity-to/)

[William Lloyd Garrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lloyd-garrison/)

> [You can not possibly have a broader basis for government than that which includes all the people, with all their rights in their hands,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lloyd-garrison/you-can-not-possibly-have-a-broader-basis-for-government-than-that/)

[William Lloyd Garrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lloyd-garrison/)

> [Our country is the world-our countrymen are all mankind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lloyd-garrison/our-country-is-the-world-our-countrymen-are-all-mankind/)

[William Lloyd Garrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lloyd-garrison/)

> [My crime is that I will not go with the multitude to do evil. My singularity is that when I say that freedom is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lloyd-garrison/my-crime-is-that-i-will-not-go-with-the-multitude-to-do-evil-my/)

[William Lloyd Garrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lloyd-garrison/)

> [And now let me give the sentiment which has been, and ever will be, the governing passion of my soul: 'Liberty for each, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lloyd-garrison/and-now-let-me-give-the-sentiment-which-has-been-and-ever-will-be-the/)

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