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July 15, 2003

William Lloyd Garrison - "...I will not equivocate..."

I happened upon Julian Bond of the NAACP giving a speech on C-Span, and a couple seconds after I flipped to it, he belted out this quote by William Lloyd Garrison:

"I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. . . . I am in earnest -- I will not equivocate -- I will not excuse -- I will not retreat a single inch -- AND I WILL BE HEARD."

My kind of guy, that William Lloyd Garrison was. That quote speaks so true to me it gives me chills -- literally. He wrote that in 1831 in the very first issue of his anti-slavery newspaper, the Liberator. Bam! What a way to kick it off.

And he (along with many other who rallied to that cause) won. 35 years later he published his last Liberator, after Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. He did not equivocate. He did not excuse. He did not retreat a single inch. He was right, and he won.

My kinda guy.

William Lloyd Garrison at PBS's "Africans in America" feature.

Read It Rating: 10
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Learning Percentage: 55%

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