Gerrit Smith was an American politician and social reformer who lived from March 6, 1797, to December 28, 1874. He was a prominent figure in the anti-slavery movement and a leading advocate for land reform and women's suffrage.
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Source: No Treason in Civil War
“My rights all spring front an infinitely nobler source - from favor and grace of God.”
“True liberty acknowledges and defends the equal rights of all men, and all nations.”
Source: Speeches of Gerrit Smith in Congress
“To say, that Capt. Ingraham violated the rights of Turkey, is nonsense.”
Source: Speeches of Gerrit Smith in Congress [1853-1854].
Source: Controversy Between New York Tribune and Gerrit Smith
“Truth and mercy require the exertion - never the suppression, of man's noble rights and powers.”
“But I love honesty, and, therefore; do I make great account of facts.”
Source: Controversy Between New York Tribune and Gerrit Smith
Source: Speeches of Gerrit Smith in Congress
Source: Letter of Gerrit Smith to Rev. James Smylie: Of the State of Mississippi
“There is room in our ranks for the old and decrepit, as well as the young and vigorous.”
Source: Letter of Gerrit Smith to Rev. James Smylie: Of the State of Mississippi
“True, permanent peace can never be restored, until slavery, the occasion of the war, has ceased.”
Source: Letter of Gerrit Smith to Rev. James Smylie: Of the State of Mississippi
“Our concern, however, is with slavery as it is, and not with any theory of it.”
Source: Letter of Gerrit Smith to Rev. James Smylie: Of the State of Mississippi
Source: Speeches of Gerrit Smith in Congress
Source: Speeches of Gerrit Smith in Congress [1853-1854].
Source: Speeches of Gerrit Smith in Congress
Source: Letter of Gerrit Smith to Rev. James Smylie: Of the State of Mississippi
Source: Speeches of Gerrit Smith in Congress
“I prefer, in a word, the republican system, because it comes up more nearly to God's system.”
Source: Letter of Gerrit Smith to Rev. James Smylie: Of the State of Mississippi
“I do not object to the construction of rail roads and canals.”
“I am a plain man, and I care and know comparatively little about rhetoric.”
Source: Controversy Between New York Tribune and Gerrit Smith