That the Colonization Society is a benevolent institution, we deny: therefore our attack upon it was not a sacrilegious one; it was absolutely necessary, in order to disabuse the public mind of the false views they entertained of its character.
Grimké argues against the perception of the Colonization Society as benevolent, asserting the necessity of exposing its true nature.
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If Prophets and Apostles, Martyrs, and Reformers had not been willing to suffer for the truth's sake, where would the world have been now?
The hopes of the world depend, under God, upon the success of your cause.
I was among those who thought (and honestly too) that there was no more moral guilt attached to the holding our fellow beings in bondage, regarding them as property, than to the holding of a mule or an ox.
No station or character can destroy individual responsibility, in the matter of reproving sin.