Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

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.

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.

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics

Power is every stealing from the many to the few.

Power is every stealing from the many to the few.

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,...

Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this...

Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this...

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

Responsibility educates

Responsibility educates

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.

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...

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...

Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

One on God's side is a majority.

One on God's side is a majority.

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...

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

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 separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new...

What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new...

Is Fate getting what you deserve, or deserving what you get?

Is Fate getting what you deserve, or deserving what you get?