Wendell Phillips quotes - page 2

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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people. View quote
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One on God's side is a majority. View quote
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What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow, and trite as the multiplication table a week after. View quote
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Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion. View quote
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Today it is not big business that we have to fear. It is big government. View quote
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Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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We live under a government of men and morning newspapers. View quote
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Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold, and from stake to stake. View quote
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Many know how to flatter, few know how to praise. View quote
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Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism. View quote
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The keener the wheat the lustier the growth. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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The heart is the best reflective thinker. View quote
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Christianity is a battle not a dream. View quote
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Wendell Phillips

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