Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Gamaliel Bailey

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American journalist Gamaliel Bailey.

Last updated on April 15, 2025.

Gamaliel Bailey was an American physician who left that career to become an abolitionist journalist, editor, and publisher, working primarily in Cincinnati, and Washington, D.C. Anti-abolitionist mobs attacked his offices in both cities during the 1840s.

American - Journalist | December 3, 1807 - June 5, 1859

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Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use.

Gamaliel Bailey

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself.

Gamaliel Bailey

That a majority of the Abolitionists in this place would patronize a free labor store, in preference to others, I do not doubt; but we do not muster money in Cincinnati.

Gamaliel Bailey

There is a large body of abolitionists in Clinton and Clark Counties in this state, and in Wayne County Indiana, that would undoubtedly support such a store, but whether their support would be sufficient, I am unable to say.

Gamaliel Bailey

The best enjoyment is half disappointment to what we intend or would have in this world.

Gamaliel Bailey