Quotation by

William Lloyd Garrison

With reasonable men, I will reason with humane men I will plead but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.

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William Lloyd Garrison is saying that he will use logical discussion to persuade fair-minded people and appeal emotionally to kind-hearted individuals. However, when dealing with cruel rulers, he refuses to waste time trying to convince them because they will never change.

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