William Lloyd Garrison Quotes

William Lloyd Garrison — American Journalist born on December 12, 1805, died on May 24, 1879

William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer. He is best known as the editor of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, which he founded with Isaac Knapp in 1831 and published in Massachusetts until slavery was abolished by Constitutional amendment after the American Civil War. He was one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society. He promoted "immediate emancipation" of slaves in the United States. In the 1870s, Garrison became a prominent voice for the woman suffrage movement... (wikipedia)

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

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

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.

I am in earnest - I will not equivocate - I will not excuse - I will not retreat a single inch - and I will be heard!

The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead.