"Our concern, however, is with slavery as it……" — Gerrit Smith

"Our concern, however, is with slavery as it is, and not with any theory of it."

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

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