You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency. – Wendell Phillips
Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm living public opinion. – Wendell Phillips
Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics. – Wendell Phillips
To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship. – Wendell Phillips
Topographically the country is magnificent — and terrifying. Why terrifying? Because nowhere else in the world is the divorce between man and nature so complete. Nowhere have I encountered such a dull, monotonous fabric of life as here in America. Here boredom reaches its peak. – Henry Miller