William Lloyd Garrison. 1804-1879.
My country is the world; my countrymen are mankind.[605:1]
Prospectus of the Public Liberator, 1830.
I am in earnest. I will not equivocate; I will not excuse; I will not retreat a single inch; and I will be heard!
Salutatory of the Liberator, Jan. 1, 1831.
Our country is the world; our countrymen are mankind.
Motto of the Liberator, Vol. i. No. 1, 1831.
I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice.
The Liberator, Vol. i. No. 1, 1831.
Our country is the world; our countrymen are all mankind.
Prospectus of the Liberator, Dec. 15, 1837.
The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell.[605:2]
Resolution adopted by the Antislavery Society, Jan. 27, 1843.
Footnotes
[605:1] Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.—Plutarch: On Banishment.
Diogenes, when asked from what country he came, replied, "I am a citizen of the world."—Diogenes Laertius.
My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.—Thomas Paine: Rights of Man, chap. v.
[605:2] We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement.—Isaiah xxviii. 15.