How prudently we proud men compete for nameless graves, while now and then some starveling of Fate forgets himself into immortality

Quote by Wendell Phillips

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Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

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.

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,...

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...

Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but...

Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but...

Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but...

Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but...

One on God's side is a majority.

One on God's side is a majority.

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

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

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

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

Responsibility educates.

Responsibility educates.

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

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...

He would make a lovely corpse.

He would make a lovely corpse.

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

There are all kinds of ways for a relationship to be tested, even broken, some,...

There are all kinds of ways for a relationship to be tested, even broken, some,...

Only the fact that people have written about the reissue have I realized that it...

Only the fact that people have written about the reissue have I realized that it...