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
“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
My crime is that I will not go with the multitude to do evil. My singularity is that when I say that freedom is… — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
And now let me give the sentiment which has been, and ever will be, the governing passion of my soul: 'Liberty for each, for… — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
