William Lloyd Garrison

“I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD.”

“Our country is the world, our countrymen are all mankind.”

“With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.”

“I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice.”

“Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril.”

“Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion.”

“The success of any great moral enterprise does not depend upon numbers.”

“The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell.”

“I have a need to be all on fire, for I have mountains of ice about me to melt.”

“That which is not just is not law.”

“The rights of men are not to be limited by their color.”

“Prejudice against color, of whatever kind, is rebellious against God.”

“I am a believer in that portion of the Declaration of American Independence in which it is set forth... 'that all men are created equal...'”