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Gerrit Smith quotes

American Politician March 6, 1797 – December 28, 1874

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Gerrit Smith quote: "But I love honesty, and, therefore; do I make great account of..."
But I love honesty, and, therefore; do I make great account of facts. Gerrit Smith
Gerrit Smith quote: "I need say no more, to prove that slavery is entirely unlike..."
I need say no more, to prove that slavery is entirely unlike the servitude in the patriarchal families. Gerrit Smith
The Southern slave would obey God in respect to marriage, and also to the reading and studying of His word. But this, as we have seen, is forbidden him. Gerrit Smith
When a good man lends himself to the advocacy of slavery, he must, at least for a time, feel himself to be any where but at home, amongst his new thoughts, doctrines, and modes of reasoning. Gerrit Smith
I trust, that your readers will not construe my words to mean, that I would not have gone to a 3 o'clock in the morning session, for the sake of defeating the Nebraska bill. Gerrit Smith
It is manifestly vital to the success of the anti-slavery cause, that the authority and influence of proslavery, especially of slaveholding, ministers should be destroyed. Gerrit Smith
Our political and constitutional rights, so called, are but the natural and inherent rights of man, asserted, carried out, and secured by modes of human contrivance. Gerrit Smith
It is not to be disguised, that a war has broken out between the North and the South. - Political and commercial men are industriously striving to restore peace: but the peace, which they would effect, is superficial, false, and temporary. Gerrit Smith
God cannot approve of a system of servitude, in which the master is guilty of assuming absolute power - of assuming God's place and relation towards his fellow-men. Gerrit Smith
Gerrit Smith quote: "My rights all spring front an infinitely nobler source - from..."
My rights all spring front an infinitely nobler source - from favor and grace of God. Gerrit Smith
As this is the first time I have had the floor, it may be well for me now to confess, that I am in the habit of freely imputing errors to my fellow-men. Gerrit Smith
Gerrit Smith quote: "I prefer, in a word, the republican system, because it comes..."
I prefer, in a word, the republican system, because it comes up more nearly to God's system. Gerrit Smith
Gerrit Smith quote: "True, permanent peace can never be restored, until slavery,..."
True, permanent peace can never be restored, until slavery, the occasion of the war, has ceased. Gerrit Smith
Let us tell our legislators in advance, that this is a right, restraints on which, we will not, cannot bear; and that every attempt to restrain it is a palpable wrong on God and man. Gerrit Smith
The only ground on which a neutral State can claim respect at the hands of belligerents is, that, so far as she is concerned, their rights are protected. Gerrit Smith

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