The success of any great moral enterprise does not depend upon numbers.

Quote by William Lloyd Garrison

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With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants...

With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants...

I am in earnest - I will not equivocate - I will not excuse -...

I am in earnest - I will not equivocate - I will not excuse -...

My country is the world; my countrymen are mankind.

My country is the world; my countrymen are mankind.

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

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

I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... I am in earnest,...

I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... I am in earnest,...

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

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

Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever...

Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever...

Our country is the world - our countrymen are all mankind.

Our country is the world - our countrymen are all mankind.

The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death...

The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death...

We may be personally defeated, but our principles never!

We may be personally defeated, but our principles never!

You can not possibly have a broader basis for government than that which includes all...

You can not possibly have a broader basis for government than that which includes all...

That which is not just is not law.

That which is not just is not law.

Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion?

Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion?

You can not possibly have a broader basis for government than that which includes all...

You can not possibly have a broader basis for government than that which includes all...

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

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

My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with...

My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with...

Though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire

Though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire

I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich...

I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich...

All men have equal rights to liberty, to their property, and to the protection of...

All men have equal rights to liberty, to their property, and to the protection of...

Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.

Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.