Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

Quote by Wendell Phillips

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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

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,...

Power is every stealing from the many to the few.

Power is every stealing from the many to the few.

Responsibility educates

Responsibility educates

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.

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

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

Christianity is a battle, not a dream

Christianity is a battle, not a dream

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

You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy,...

You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy,...

How prudently we proud men compete for nameless graves, while now and then some starveling...

How prudently we proud men compete for nameless graves, while now and then some starveling...

Political convulsions, like geological upheavings usher in new epochs of the world's progress

Political convulsions, like geological upheavings usher in new epochs of the world's progress

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

Aristocracy is always cruel.

Aristocracy is always cruel.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

Christianity is a battle not a dream.

Christianity is a battle not a dream.

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.

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

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

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...

It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral

It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral

Fame is an undertaker that pays but little attention to the living, but bedizens the...

Fame is an undertaker that pays but little attention to the living, but bedizens the...

He left a bit too easily and with obvious relief. His feet were swift and...

He left a bit too easily and with obvious relief. His feet were swift and...

The last motive in the world for acquiring vocabulary should be to impress. Words should...

The last motive in the world for acquiring vocabulary should be to impress. Words should...