"I will be as harsh as truth, and……" — William Lloyd Garrison
"I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard."
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William Lloyd Garrison
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34 Quotes by William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison has 34 quotes on this site.
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Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife…
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Let Southern oppressors tremble-let their secret abettors tremble-let their Northern apologists tremble-let all the enemies of the persecuted blacks tremble.
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In proportion as we perceive and embrace the truth do we become just, heroic, magnanimous, divine.
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Gradualism in theory is perpetuity in practice.
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Little boldness is needed to assail the opinions and practices of notoriously wicked men; but to rebuke great and good…
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Since the creation of the world there has been no tyrant like Intemperance, and no slaves so cruelly treated as…
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The success of any great moral enterprise does not depend upon numbers.
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It [slavery] has exercised absolute mastery over the American Church. . . . With the Bible in their hands, her…
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The standard of matrimony is erected by affection and purity, and does not depend upon the height, or bulk, or…
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Liberty for each, for all, and forever!
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Has not the experience of two centuries shown that gradualism in theory is perpetuity in practice? Is there an instance,…
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In firing his gun, John Brown has merely told what time of day it is. It is high noon.
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So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to punish opinions, even if their…
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Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your…
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It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.
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The first professional play I ever saw was The Importance Of Being Earnest, and I just fell in love.
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That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my…
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Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.
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Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then…
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There is neither encouragement nor room in Bible religion for feeble desires, listless efforts, lazy attitudes; all must be strenuous,…
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Lord of the springtime, Father of flower, field and fruit, smile on us in these earnest days when the work…
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If you want to sin, sin wholeheartedly and openly. Sins too have their lessons to teach the earnest sinner, as…
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The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In such doubt may be found…
— John Lancaster Spalding
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Methinks every true Christian should be exceedingly earnest in prayer concerning the souls of the ungodly; and when they are…
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