"The poor North has much to do with……" — Gerrit Smith

"The poor North has much to do with slavery. It staggers under its load and smarts under its lash."

— Gerrit Smith

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32 Quotes by Gerrit Smith

Gerrit Smith has 32 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

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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More Lash Quotes

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I think what's going on in Guantanamo Bay and other places is a disgrace to the U.S.A. I wouldn't say… — Jimmy Carter
The powered flight took a total of about eight and a half minutes. It seemed to me it had gone… — Robert Crippen
The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy and the lash. — Winston Churchill
The Church's foundation is unshakable and firm against the assaults of the raging sea. Waves lash at the Church but… — Ambrose
One does not lash hat lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little… — Paul Klee
And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into… — Sojourner Truth
Don’t win loyalty, just obedience, and only while the lash is in the room. — Orson Scott Card
So it happened at last: I was about to become a thief, a cheap milk-stealer. Here was your lash-in-the-pen genius,… — John Fante
The lash may force men to physical labor, it cannot force them to spiritual creativity. — Sholem Asch
I used to think you were weak and just didn't fight back ... but now, honestly, I think you're actually… — Richelle Mead
But as well may you, when urging a man up-hill with a heavy load upon his back, and with your… — Gerrit Smith
England is, after all, the land where children were beaten, wives and babies bashed, football hooligans crunch, and Miss Whip… — Colin MacInnes

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