I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard.
William Lloyd GarrisonIn proportion as we perceive and embrace the truth do we become just, heroic, magnanimous, divine.
William Lloyd GarrisonSlavery will not be overthrown without excitement, a most tremendous excitement.
William Lloyd GarrisonBe faithful, be vigilant, be untiring in your efforts to break every yoke, and let the oppressed go free. Come what may - cost what it may - inscribe on the banner which you unfurl to the breeze, as your religious and political motto - "NO COMPROMISE WITH SLAVERY! NO UNION WITH SLAVEHOLDERS
William Lloyd Garrison