All Gerrit Smith Quotes
- I prefer, in a word, the republican system, because it comes up more nearly to God's system. God
- God cannot approve of a system of servitude, in which the master is guilty of assuming absolute power - of assuming God's place and relation… Absolute
- I do not object to the construction of rail roads and canals. Canals
- I am a plain man, and I care and know comparatively little about rhetoric. Care
- My rights all spring front an infinitely nobler source - from favor and grace of God. All
- To say, that Capt. Ingraham violated the rights of Turkey, is nonsense. Capt
- I trust, that your readers will not construe my words to mean, that I would not have gone to a 3 o'clock in the morning… Bill
- I do not subscribe to the doctrine that the people are the slaves and property of their government. I believe that government is for the… Believe
- As this is the first time I have had the floor, it may be well for me now to confess, that I am in the… Confess
- Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of the right of free discussion. Count
- Let us tell our legislators in advance, that this is a right, restraints on which, we will not, cannot bear; and that every attempt to… Advance
- The poor North has much to do with slavery. It staggers under its load and smarts under its lash. Lash