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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The keener the want the lustier the growth.

The keener the want the lustier the growth.

Power is every stealing from the many to the few.

Power is every stealing from the many to the few.

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,...

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

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...

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

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

Responsibility educates.

Responsibility educates.

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...

The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living.

The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living.

To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship.

To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship.

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,...

One on God's side is a majority.

One on God's side is a majority.

Aristocracy is always cruel

Aristocracy is always cruel

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...

The labor movement means just this: it is the last noble protest of the American...

The labor movement means just this: it is the last noble protest of the American...

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,...

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 the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action

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

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it

Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it

Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.