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Wendell Phillips

Aristocracy is always cruel. – Wendell Phillips

To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship. – Wendell Phillips

What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind. – Wendell Phillips

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty power is ever stealing from the many to the few. – Wendell Phillips

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics. – Wendell Phillips

Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment. – Wendell Phillips

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

Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories. – Wendell Phillips

The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living. – Wendell Phillips

What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better. – Wendell Phillips

Responsibility educates. – Wendell Phillips

Physical bravery is an animal instinct moral bravery is much higher and truer courage. – Wendell Phillips

Today it is not big business that we have to fear. It is big government. – Wendell Phillips

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers. – Wendell Phillips

Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm living public opinion. – Wendell Phillips