WIST Quotations

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth -- John Endicott, Act 2, sc. 2 (1868)

Dave — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 18:06:02 +0000

There’s a brave fellow! There’s a man of pluck!
A man who’s not afraid to say his say,
Though a whole town’s against him.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) American poet
John Endicott, Act 2, sc. 2 (1868)
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Atwood, Margaret -- “Attitude,” Commencement Address, University Of Toronto (14 Jun 1983)

Dave — Fri, 22 May 2015 15:36:13 +0000

They taught me that the truth would make me free but failed to warn me of the kind of trouble I’d get into by trying to tell it — I remain duly grateful.

Margaret Atwood (b. 1939) Canadian writer, literary critic, environmental activist
“Attitude,” Commencement Address, University Of Toronto (14 Jun 1983)
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Garrison, William Lloyd -- The Liberator, #1 (1 Jan 1831)

Dave — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 12:58:32 +0000

I am aware that many object to the severity of my language, but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write in moderation. No! No! Tell a man whose house is on fire, to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen — but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present. 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 (1805–1879) American abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, social reformer
The Liberator, #1 (1 Jan 1831)

On slavery.