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.

Quote by Wendell Phillips

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

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

Responsibility educates.

Responsibility educates.

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no...

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no...

Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

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

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

What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action

What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action

Politics is but the common pulse-beat, of which revolution is the fever-spasm.

Politics is but the common pulse-beat, of which revolution is the fever-spasm.

The keener the want the lustier the growth.

The keener the want the lustier the growth.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood,...

Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood,...

The labor movement means just this: it is the last noble protest of the American...

The labor movement means just this: it is the last noble protest of the American...

What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better

What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better

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

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

In the present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the...

In the present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the...

A government of laws and not of men.

A government of laws and not of men.