Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it… — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
The standard of matrimony is erected by affection and purity, and does not depend upon the height, or bulk, or color, or wealth, or poverty of individuals. Water will seek its level; nature will have free course; and heart will… — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
“I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh… — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
“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… — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I… — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
In proportion as we perceive and embrace the truth do we become just, heroic, magnanimous, divine. — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
Slavery will not be overthrown without excitement, a most tremendous excitement. — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
The success of any great moral enterprise does not depend upon numbers. — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
To say that everything in the bible is to be believed , simply because it is found in that volume, is equally absurd and… — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
Every Fourth of July, our Declaration of Independence is produced, with a sublime indignation, to set forth the tyranny of the mother country and… — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
I do not believe that God has created us under this dire necessity to toil, like beasts, to sustain life. I believe it is… — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
You can not possibly have a broader basis for government than that which includes all the people, with all their rights in their hands,… — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
