When a good man lends himself to the advocacy of slavery, he must, at least for a time, feel himself to be any where but at home, amongst his new thoughts, doctrines, and modes of reasoning.

Quote by Gerrit Smith

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Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of...

Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of...

Let us tell our legislators in advance, that this is a right, restraints on which,...

Let us tell our legislators in advance, that this is a right, restraints on which,...

There is one class of men, whom it especially behoves to be tenacious of the...

There is one class of men, whom it especially behoves to be tenacious of the...

To no human charter am I indebted for my rights.

To no human charter am I indebted for my rights.

But I love honesty, and, therefore; do I make great account of facts.

But I love honesty, and, therefore; do I make great account of facts.

My rights all spring front an infinitely nobler source - from favor and grace of...

My rights all spring front an infinitely nobler source - from favor and grace of...

I need say no more, to prove that slavery is entirely unlike the servitude in...

I need say no more, to prove that slavery is entirely unlike the servitude in...

The poor North has much to do with slavery. It staggers under its load and...

The poor North has much to do with slavery. It staggers under its load and...

There is room in our ranks for the old and decrepit, as well as the...

There is room in our ranks for the old and decrepit, as well as the...

I trust, that your readers will not construe my words to mean, that I would...

I trust, that your readers will not construe my words to mean, that I would...

I welcomed the organization of the Anti-slavery Society.

I welcomed the organization of the Anti-slavery Society.

I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people...

I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people...

I am a plain man, and I care and know comparatively little about rhetoric.

I am a plain man, and I care and know comparatively little about rhetoric.

Our political and constitutional rights, so called, are but the natural and inherent rights of...

Our political and constitutional rights, so called, are but the natural and inherent rights of...

We must continue to judge of slavery by what it is, and not by what...

We must continue to judge of slavery by what it is, and not by what...

God cannot approve of a system of servitude, in which the master is guilty of...

God cannot approve of a system of servitude, in which the master is guilty of...

The only ground on which a neutral State can claim respect at the hands of...

The only ground on which a neutral State can claim respect at the hands of...

It, sometimes, suits the slaveholders to claim, that their slavery is an exclusively State concern;...

It, sometimes, suits the slaveholders to claim, that their slavery is an exclusively State concern;...

The Southern slave would obey God in respect to marriage, and also to the reading...

The Southern slave would obey God in respect to marriage, and also to the reading...

True, permanent peace can never be restored, until slavery, the occasion of the war, has...

True, permanent peace can never be restored, until slavery, the occasion of the war, has...