Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

Quote by Wendell Phillips

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Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

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.

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...

Aristocracy is always cruel

Aristocracy is always cruel

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to...

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to...

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

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

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

Power is every stealing from the many to the few.

Power is every stealing from the many to the few.

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...

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...

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

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

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

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

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

The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living.

The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living.

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.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

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

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

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.