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William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison
American Journalist
Born: Dec 10, 1805
Died: May 24, 1879
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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. William Lloyd Garrison
Will Men Argument Lost Humane Plead Tyrants Give Quarter Nor Where Certainly Reason Reasonable Waste
Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril. William Lloyd Garrison
Freedom Human Being World Liberty Enslave Liberties Put Peril Human Being
If nations perish, it is not because of their devotion to liberty, but for their disregard of its requirements. William Lloyd Garrison
Liberty Devotion Perish Because Nations Requirements Disregard
I am in earnest - I will not equivocate - I will not excuse - I will not retreat a single inch - and I will be heard! William Lloyd Garrison
Will Single Earnest Excuse Retreat Am Heard Inch
The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. William Lloyd Garrison
People Every Pedestal Enough Statue Hasten Resurrection Leap Dead Make Apathy
We may be personally defeated, but our principles never! William Lloyd Garrison
Failure Our Never Principles May Personally Defeated
I am accused of using hard language. I admit the charge. I have not been able to find a soft word to describe villainy or to identify the perpetrator of it. The man who makes a chattel of his brother - what is he? The man who keeps back the hire of his laborers by fraud - what is he? William Lloyd Garrison
Man Word Language Back Charge Fraud Find Brother Able Admit He Identify Makes Am Hire Perpetrator Been His Laborers Accused Hard Who Using Describe Villainy Keeps Soft
Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion. William Lloyd Garrison
Rights Human Being Complexion Sex Whatever See God-Given May Human Being Wherever Inherent
You can not possibly have a broader basis for government than that which includes all the people, with all their rights in their hands, and with an equal power to maintain their rights. William Lloyd Garrison
Government You Rights People Power Broader Possibly Maintain Equal Than Hands Which Basis
Every Fourth of July, our Declaration of Independence is produced, with a sublime indignation, to set forth the tyranny of the mother country and to challenge the admiration of the world. But what a pitiful detail of grievances does this document present in comparison with the wrongs which our slaves endure! William Lloyd Garrison
World Mother Challenge Tyranny Independence Country Every Our Detail Admiration Indignation Wrongs Document Does July Sublime Pitiful Endure Which Declaration Forth Produced Comparison Present Fourth Slaves Set
Let not those who say that the path of obedience is a dangerous one claim to believe in the living and true God. They deny his omniscience, omnipresence, omnipotence. It is his will that the bands of wickedness should be loosed, the heavy burdens of tyranny undone, the oppressed set free. William Lloyd Garrison
God Obedience Dangerous Path Tyranny Will Free Undone Believe Living Omnipotence Say Those Claim True His Oppressed Deny Bands Burdens Heavy Should Who Wickedness Set
Let anti-slavery charity boxes stand uppermost among those for missionary, tract and educational purposes. On this subject, Christians have been asleep; let them shake off their slumbers and arm for the holy contest. William Lloyd Garrison
Charity Those Shake Purposes Arm Missionary Tract Boxes Contest Educational Been Subject Off Them Holy Asleep Stand Among Christians
I do not believe that God has created us under this dire necessity to toil, like beasts, to sustain life. I believe it is his will that we should hold absolute mastery over time, so as to devote it mainly to intellectual and moral improvement, domestic enjoyment, and social intercourse. William Lloyd Garrison
Life God Time Will Believe Moral Dire Absolute Beasts Mainly Over Like Devote Mastery His Intellectual Domestic Improvement Sustain Hold Intercourse Social Us Created Should Toil Enjoyment Necessity
We are the friends of reform; but that is not reform, which, in curing one evil, threatens to inflict a thousand others. William Lloyd Garrison
Evil Others Thousand Threatens Friends Curing Reform Inflict Which
Prayer is omnipotent: its breath can melt adamantine rocks - its touch can break the stoutest chains. William Lloyd Garrison
Prayer Breath Omnipotent Melt Touch Rocks Break Chains
If all our agents would abridge their speeches one half, I am satisfied the effect produced would be much greater. The 'art of leaving off' at the right time, and in the right place, is one of the most difficult things to learn. William Lloyd Garrison
Art Time Half Satisfied Difficult Right Place Our Right Time One Half Would Would-Be Most Learn Greater Am Leaving Effect Off Place Agents Much Produced Right Things Difficult Things Speeches

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