Quotes about Gerrit Smith

When a good man lends himself to the advocacy of slavery, he must, at least...

#Gerrit Smith

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

#Gerrit Smith

Truth and mercy require the exertion - never the suppression, of man's noble rights and...

#Gerrit Smith

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

#Gerrit Smith

To say, that Capt. Ingraham violated the rights of Turkey, is nonsense.

#Gerrit Smith

To no human charter am I indebted for my rights.

#Gerrit Smith

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

#Gerrit Smith

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

#Gerrit Smith

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

#Gerrit Smith

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

#Gerrit Smith

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

#Gerrit Smith

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

#Gerrit Smith