Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

Quote by Wendell Phillips

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Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics

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,...

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.

Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.

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

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

Christianity is a battle not a dream.

Christianity is a battle not a dream.

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

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

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.

Responsibility educates

Responsibility educates

Aristocracy is always cruel

Aristocracy is always cruel

Write on my gravestone: Infidel, Traitor., infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor...

Write on my gravestone: Infidel, Traitor., infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor...

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...

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

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

To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the...

To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the...

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

Too many funerals, not enough graduations. Too many babyshowers, not enough weddings.

Too many funerals, not enough graduations. Too many babyshowers, not enough weddings.

Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the...

Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the...

Such silence has an actual sound, the sound of disappearance.

Such silence has an actual sound, the sound of disappearance.

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...