William Lloyd Garrison: “The issue is not with me, but with them, and with God.”

By the Declaration of Independence, he is pronounced a man-stealer.

Cotton is in their ears--blinds are over their eyes--padlocks are upon their lips.

I will not be a liar, a poltroon, or a hypocrite, to accommodate any party, to gratify any sect, to escape any odium or peril, to save any interest, to preserve any institution, or to promote any object.

It is not a question of probabilities, but of time.