William Lloyd Garrison

Nothing is gained, everything is lost, by subordinating principle to expediency.

I am in earnest; I will not equivocate; I will not excuse; I will not retreat a single inch; and I will be heard.

That which is not just is not law.

With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.

With reasonable men I will reason; with humane men I will plea; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.