I am in earnest-I will not equivocate-I will not excuse-I will not retreat a single inch-and I will be heard!

William Lloyd Garrison

Quoted in The Liberator

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Topic

Standing one's ground Standing up for what's right

Speaker

William Lloyd Garrison

Source

The Liberator

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1831 1830s 19th century

Occupation

Abolitionist

From

United States

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Citation

Garrison, William Lloyd. "To the Public." The Liberator, 1 Jan. 1831.

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Intellectual progress Nature of history

Author

G.W.F. Hegel
Source
Philosophy of History
Genre
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Hegel, G. W. F. Vorlesungen über die Philosophie der Weltgeschichte [Lectures on the Philosophy of World History]. c. 1830, University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Current Citation

Hegel, G. W. F. Lectures on the Philosophy of World History, translated by H. B. Nisbet. Cambridge University Press, 1981.