Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator.

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...

Responsibility educates.

Responsibility educates.

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

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.

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

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...

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

Aristocracy is always cruel.

Aristocracy is always cruel.

One on God's side is a majority.

One on God's side is a majority.

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion.

Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion.

Political convulsions, like geological upheavings usher in new epochs of the world's progress

Political convulsions, like geological upheavings usher in new epochs of the world's progress

There can be no true response without responsibility; there can be no responsibility without response.

There can be no true response without responsibility; there can be no responsibility without response.

I wake up in the morning and one thing that I worry about is maybe...

I wake up in the morning and one thing that I worry about is maybe...