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Wendell Phillips was an American abolitionist, orator, and advocate for social reform. Known for his powerful speeches, he became one of the leading voices against slavery in the United States. He devoted his life to fighting for justice, equal rights, and the abolition of slavery. Here are 58 of his quotes:

In God's world there are no majorities, no minorities; one, on God's side, is a majority. (Wendell Phillips)

Corruption does not so much rot the masses: it poisons Congress. Credit-Mobilier and money rings are not housed under thatched roofs: they flaunt at the Capitol. As usual in chemistry, the scum floats uppermost.

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[R]aces love to be judged in two ways-by the great men they produce, and by the average merit of the mass of the race.

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Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.

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One on God's side is a majority.

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What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow, and trite as the multiplication table a week after.

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Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion.

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

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Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

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Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies.

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The labor movement means just this: it is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth. (Wendell Phillips)

If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause.

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We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

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Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

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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.

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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.

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Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold, and from stake to stake.

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Many know how to flatter, few know how to praise.

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Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

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The keener the wheat the lustier the growth.

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Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains. (Wendell Phillips)

If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.

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Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit or what is enacted in Congress.

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The heart is the best reflective thinker.

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Christianity is a battle not a dream.

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Wendell Phillips

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Occupation: American Abolitionist
Born: November 29, 1811
Died: February 2, 1884
Quotes count: 58
Wikipedia: Wendell Phillips

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