William Lloyd Garrison Quotes

• Everyone should be treated fairly no matter what they look like.

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Looks, Matter, Should

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  There must be no compromise with slavery - none whatever. Nothing is gained, everything is lost, by subordinating principle to expedience.

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Wisdom, Principles, Slavery

  William Lloyd Garrison (1852). “Selections from the writings and speeches of William Lloyd Garrison: With an appendix ...”, p.140

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• Seré tan duro como la verdad e inflexible como la justicia... Lo digo en serio, no me equivocaré, no me excusaré, no retrocederé ni un ápice, y se me escuchará.

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Justice, Retreat, Excuse

  The Liberator, 1 Jan. 1831 (first issue)

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• Dondequiera que haya un ser humano, veo derechos otorgados por Dios inherentes a ese ser, sea cual sea su sexo o complexión.

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Sex, Rights, Diversity

  William Lloyd Garrison, Bruce Rogers (1905). “The Words of Garrison: A Centennial Selection (1805-1905) of Characteristic Sentiments from the Writings of William Lloyd Garrison”

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

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Freedom

  Speech by minister Koenders at the presentation of the 2015 Human Rights Tulip, November 12, 2015.

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• My crime is that I will not go with the multitude to do evil. My singularity is that when I say that freedom is of God and slavery is of the devil, I mean just what I say. My fanaticism is that I insist on the American people abolishing slavery, or ceasing to prate on the rights of man.

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Malos, Hombres, Derechos

  William Lloyd Garrison (1854). “No Compromise with Slavery: An Address Delivered in the Broadway Tabernacle, New York, February 14, 1854”, p.6

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• Con los hombres razonables, razonaré; con los hombres humanos, abogaré; pero a los tiranos no les daré cuartel, ni malgastaré argumentos donde ciertamente se perderán.

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Success, Men, Tyrants

  William Lloyd Garrison, Walter McIntosh Merrill, Louis Ruchames (1971). “The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison: I will be heard, 1822-1835”, p.101, Harvard University Press

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• No man shall rule over me with my consent. I will rule over no man.

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Sabiduría, Poder, Hombres

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• There is no safety where there is no strength; no strength without Union; no Union without justice; no justice where faith and truth are wanting. The right to be free is a truth planted in the hearts of men.

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Sabiduría, Corazón, Hombres

  William Lloyd Garrison, Louis Ruchames (1971). “The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison: I will be heard, 1822-1835”, p.132, Harvard University Press

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• Nuestro país es el mundo, nuestros compatriotas son toda la humanidad. Amamos nuestra tierra natal como amamos todas las demás tierras. Los intereses, derechos y libertades de los ciudadanos americanos no nos son más queridos que los de toda la raza humana. Por lo tanto, no podemos permitir ninguna apelación al patriotismo para vengar cualquier insulto o injuria nacional.

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Country, Revenge, Rights

  William Lloyd Garrison (1852). “Selections from the writings and speeches of William Lloyd Garrison: With an appendix ...”, p.72

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• Be faithful, be vigilant, be untiring in your efforts to break every yoke, and let the oppressed go free. Come what may - cost what it may - inscribe on the banner which you unfurl to the breeze, as your religious and political motto - "NO COMPROMISE WITH SLAVERY! NO UNION WITH SLAVEHOLDERS

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Religious, Effort, Political

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• Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen - but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present.

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Mother, Men, Fire

  The Liberator, 1 Jan. 1831 (first issue)

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

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Fire, Ice, Mountain

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• Podemos ser derrotados personalmente, ¡pero nuestros principios nunca!

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Inspirational, Principles, May

  William Lloyd Garrison (1852). “Selections from the Writings and Speeches of William Lloyd Garrison: With an Appendix ...”, p.71

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• Liberty for each, for all, and forever!

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Forever, Liberty

  Speech in Charleston, South Carolina, April 14, 1865.

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• ¿Son el bien y el mal términos convertibles, dependientes de la opinión popular?

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Truth, Integrity, Character

  William Lloyd Garrison (1832). “Thoughts on African Colonization: Or an Impartial Exhibition of the Doctrines, Principles and Purposes of the American Colonization Society. Together with the Resolutions, Addresses and Remonstrances of the Free People of Color”, p.6

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• What shall be said, then, of those who insist upon ignoring the question of slavery as not involved in this deadly feud, and maintain that the only issue is, the support of the government and the preservation of the Union? Surely, they are "fools and blind"; for it is slaveholders alone who have conspired to seize the one, and overturn the other. As long as the enslavement of a single human being is sanctioned in the land, the curse of God will rest upon it.

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Land, Issues, Government

  "The War — Its Cause and Cure". teachingamericanhistory.org. May 03, 1861.

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

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Agreement, Slavery, Covenant

  Resolution adopted by Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, 27 Jan. 1843.

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• Mejor estar siempre en minoría de uno con Dios - tachado de loco, incendiario, fanático, hereje, infiel - mal visto por "los poderes fácticos", y acosado por el populacho - o consignado ignominiosamente a la horca, como aquel cuya "alma sigue marchando"," aunque su "cuerpo yazca enmohecido en la tumba", o quemado hasta las cenizas en la hoguera como Wickliffe, o clavado en la cruz como aquel que "se entregó a sí mismo por el mundo", - en defensa de los DERECHOS, que como Herodes, recibiendo los gritos de una multitud que clamaba: "¡Es la voz de un dios, y no de un hombre!"

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Lying, Men, Voice

  "Valedictory". The last issue of "The Liberator" newspaper, fair-use.org. January 01, 1866.

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• Seré tan duro como la verdad y tan inflexible como la justicia.

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Truth, Justice, Retreat

  The Liberator, 1 Jan. 1831 (first issue)

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• That which is not just is not law.

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Ley

  William Lloyd Garrison (1971). “A House Dividing Against Itself, 1836-1840”, p.220, Harvard University Press

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• And now let me give the sentiment which has been, and ever will be, the governing passion of my soul: 'Liberty for each, for all, and forever!'

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Passion, Giving, Forever

  Speech in Charleston, South Carolina, April 14, 1865.

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• 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, Empathy, Apathy

  William Lloyd Garrison (1852). “Selections from the writings and speeches of William Lloyd Garrison: With an appendix ...”, p.63

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• It [slavery] has exercised absolute mastery over the American Church. . . . With the Bible in their hands, her priesthood have attempted to prove that slavery came down from God out of heaven. They have become slaveholders and dealers in human flesh.

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Hands, Heaven, Religion

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• The standard of matrimony is erected by affection and purity, and does not depend upon the height, or bulk, or color, or wealth, or poverty of individuals. Water will seek its level; nature will have free course; and heart will answer to heart.

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Heart, Color, Water

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