The keener the want the lustier the growth.

Quote by Wendell Phillips

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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...

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...

The heart is the best reflective thinker.

The heart is the best reflective thinker.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

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...

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

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

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

Responsibility educates.

Responsibility educates.

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...

One on God's side is a majority.

One on God's side is a majority.

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...

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

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.

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,...

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...

Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

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...

Depressions may bring people closer to the church but so do funerals.

Depressions may bring people closer to the church but so do funerals.

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

You needn't be trying to comfort me, I tell you my dolly is dead! There's...

You needn't be trying to comfort me, I tell you my dolly is dead! There's...

Never tell a loved one of an infidelity: you would be badly rewarded for your...

Never tell a loved one of an infidelity: you would be badly rewarded for your...

The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes...

The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes...