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Wendell Phillips
Wendell Phillips
American Activist
Born: Nov 29, 1811
Died: Feb 2, 1884
Always Education Few Government Nothing You
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Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage. Wendell Phillips
Animal Courage Moral Physical Higher Instinct Truer Bravery Much
Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies. Wendell Phillips
Rights Protection Enemies Few Rich Minorities Protect Exist Governments Friends Loved Many Need
One on God's side is a majority. Wendell Phillips
God Side Majority
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few. Wendell Phillips
Liberty Power Few Stealing Price Eternal Eternal Vigilance Vigilance Many Ever
Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator. Wendell Phillips
Truth Truth Is Disposition Filtered Moods Absolute Through Opinion Blood Forever Spectator
Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but of great talent; and men of no talent, but of one principle - that of obedience to their superiors. Wendell Phillips
Life Best Great Obedience Political Men Kinds No Talent Generally Talent Great Talent Principle Political Life Succeed Two
Today it is not big business that we have to fear. It is big government. Wendell Phillips
Today Government Business Fear Big Big Business Big Government
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
Truth Hope You Presidency Seventy Statesman Given He Always Up Get American After Turned
The labor movement means just this: it is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth. Wendell Phillips
People Wealth Power Noble Protest Labor Labor Movement American Just Movement Against American People Means Last Incorporated
Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold, and from stake to stake. Wendell Phillips
World Progress Made Every Every Step Scaffold Has-Been Step Been Stake
What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action. Wendell Phillips
World Thought Action Gave Puritans
Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them. Wendell Phillips
Meet Ability Them Create Conquer Necessary
Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment. Wendell Phillips
Knowledge Grace Lost Rich Impart Given Seldom Concealment Any Keep Ever Jewel
To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the law of gravitation, and kept the planets in their places. Wendell Phillips
Government You Law Men Congress Would Some Some Men Suppose Talk Hear Places Planets Gravitation Kept
We live under a government of men and morning newspapers. Wendell Phillips
Government Morning Men Live Newspapers
Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics. Wendell Phillips
Politics Religion More Quarrels Than Difference Breeds
Christianity is a battle not a dream. Wendell Phillips
Battle Christianity Dream
The keener the want the lustier the growth. Wendell Phillips
Want Keener Growth
Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion. Wendell Phillips
Law Nothing Living Unless Opinion Close Behind Public Warm Public Opinion Stands
Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit or what is enacted in Congress. Wendell Phillips
Me Care Congress Pulpit Make Preached Newspapers
Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people. Wendell Phillips
People First Corrupt Undermine First Thing Governments Debt Disease The First Thing Republics Mightiest Thing Fatal

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