A biography for William Lloyd Garrisonhasn’t been written yet.
“If the State cannot survive the anti-slavery agitation, then let the State perish. If the Church must be cast down by the strugglings of Humanity to be free, then let the Church fall and its fragments be scattered to the four winds of Heaven, never more to curse the earth.”
“We may be personally defeated, but our principles never!”
“The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead.”
“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.”
“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.”