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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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,...

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...

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...

Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold, and...

Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold, and...

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

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...

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...

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

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

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.

Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.

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

Christianity is a battle not a dream.

Christianity is a battle not a dream.

The keener the want the lustier the growth.

The keener the want the lustier the growth.

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...

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,...

Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts...

Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts...

The southern Democrats are in the saddle and the northern Democrats must tag along as...

The southern Democrats are in the saddle and the northern Democrats must tag along as...

I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight...

I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight...

The best ammunition against lies is the truth, there is no ammunition against gossip. It...

The best ammunition against lies is the truth, there is no ammunition against gossip. It...