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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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...

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,...

Power is every stealing from the many to the few.

Power is every stealing from the many to the few.

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics

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

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

Aristocracy is always cruel

Aristocracy is always cruel

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,...

The heart is the best reflective thinker.

The heart is the best reflective thinker.

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

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is...

Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is...

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...