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Gradualism in theory is perpetuity in practice.

William Lloyd Garrison

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William Lloyd Garrison
Age: 73 †
Born: 1805
Born: December 12
Died: 1879
Died: May 24
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Journalist
Social Reformer
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Newburyport
Massachusetts
William L. Garrison
Libertarianism
Libertarian
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Liberty
Practice
Gradualism
Perpetuity

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Let Southern oppressors tremble-let their secret abettors tremble-let their Northern apologists tremble-let all the enemies of the persecuted blacks tremble.
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Little boldness is needed to assail the opinions and practices of notoriously wicked men but to rebuke great and good men for their conduct, and to impeach their discernment, is the highest effort of moral courage.
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Our country is the world-our countrymen are all mankind.
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In proportion as we perceive and embrace the truth do we become just, heroic, magnanimous, divine.
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To say that everything in the bible is to be believed , simply because it is found in that volume, is equally absurd and pernicious... To discard a portion of scripture is not necessarily to reject the truth, but may be the highest evidence that one can give of his love of truth.
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Has not the experience of two centuries shown that gradualism in theory is perpetuity in practice? Is there an instance, in the history of the world, where slaves have been educated for freedom by their task-masters?
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There is no safety where there is no strength no strength without Union no Union without justice no justice where faith and truth are wanting. The right to be free is a truth planted in the hearts of men.
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I have a need to be all on fire, for I have mountains of ice about me to melt.
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We may be personally defeated, but our principles never!
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