"I believe that government is for the use……" — Gerrit Smith
"I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people for the use of the government."
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Gerrit Smith
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32 Quotes by Gerrit Smith
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Truth and mercy require the exertion - never the suppression, of man's noble rights and powers.
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But I love honesty, and, therefore; do I make great account of facts.
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But as well may you, when urging a man up-hill with a heavy load upon his back, and with your…
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It is not to be disguised, that a war has broken out between the North and the South. - Political…
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I need say no more, to prove that slavery is entirely unlike the servitude in the patriarchal families.
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Our political and constitutional rights, so called, are but the natural and inherent rights of man, asserted, carried out, and…
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There is room in our ranks for the old and decrepit, as well as the young and vigorous.
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There is one class of men, whom it especially behoves to be tenacious of the right of free discussion. I…
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We must continue to judge of slavery by what it is, and not by what you tell us it will,…
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True, permanent peace can never be restored, until slavery, the occasion of the war, has ceased.
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When a good man lends himself to the advocacy of slavery, he must, at least for a time, feel himself…
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I welcomed the organization of the Anti-slavery Society.
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