William Lloyd Garrison Quotes

I welcomed the organization of the Anti-slavery Society.

Christian abolitionists gave their lives by the hundreds of thousands to end slavery.

Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth were slaves by birth, freedom fighters by temperament.

The Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, --the earliest association in this country founded upon the principle that the institution of slavery is, under all circumstances, a sin against God, and there to be immediately and unconditionally abolished

In those days…we were all friends – all willing to help one another…We were very radical, however, in our views of right and wrong…. We opposed bad men everywhere, supported all fugitive slaves who came to us, and worked like beavers for the right

It is the indispensable duty of those, who maintain for themselves the rights of human nature, and who profess the obligations of Christianity, to extend their power and influence to the relief of every part of the human race, from whatever burden of oppression they may labour under.

Where were the saints to try and change the social order, not just to minister to the slaves, but do away with slavery?

Slavery will everywhere be abolished or everywhere reinstated.

While it is admitted that each State in which slavery exists has by the Constitution of the United States the exclusive right to legislate in regard to its abolition with in its own boundaries; this Society shall endeavor to convince their fellow citizens that slaveholding is a heinous sin in the sight of God. and that the duty, safety and best interests of all concerned require its immediate abandonment without expatriation.

Judge — thee hasn't left me a dollar, but I wish to say to thee, and to all in this court room, that if anyone knows of a fugitive who wants a shelter, and a friend, send him to Thomas Garrett, and he will befriend him!

A staunch abolitionist, Hamilton was one of the founding members of the New York Manumission Society. He was a trustee and namesake of Hamilton-Oneida Academy, an upstate New York school dedicated to educating Native-American boys.

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.

Not the Christian religion only, but nature herself, cries out against the state of slavery.

Slavery will not be overthrown without excitement, a most tremendous excitement.

I could not comprehend the justice of that law, or that religion, which upholds or recognizes the principle of slavery.

Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I ignore it all to protect an enslaved woman.

If I can do one hundredth part for the Indian that Mrs. Stowe did for the Negro, I will be thankful.

Moses freed the Jews. Lincoln freed the slaves. I freed the neurotics.

For as long as I can remember, I've always been interested in issues of social justice, political freedom, and civil rights.

Why is Slavery so much condemn'd and strove against in one Case, and so highly applauded and held so necessary and so sacred in another?

I believe that movements to suppress wrongs can be carried out under the protection of our flag.

Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only by showing them a higher one.

Where I come from, if you see your family and friends' civil rights being taken away, you speak up and do everything you can to keep that from happening!

If it be not a sin, an open, flagrant violation of all the rules of justice and humanity, to hold these slaves in bondage, it is indeed folly to put ourselves to any trouble and expense in order to free them.

I have lectured at the U.N. and travelled widely, giving lectures on human rights and gender inequalities in universities. But this is a life I do not wish to live. I don't want to be a showcase, I want to be in a battlefield where I can stand beside the oppressed and the poor.