To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the law of gravitation, and kept the planets in their places.

Quote by Wendell Phillips

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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.

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,...

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.

Christianity is a battle not a dream.

Christianity is a battle not a dream.

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

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

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...

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

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,...

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

Aristocracy is always cruel.

Aristocracy is always cruel.

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...

The heart is the best reflective thinker.

The heart is the best reflective thinker.

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,...

Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

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...

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...

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.

I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than...

I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than...