Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but of great talent; and men of no talent, but of one principle - that of obedience to their superiors.

Quote by Wendell Phillips

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One on God's side is a majority.

One on God's side is a majority.

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,...

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...

Power is every stealing from the many to the few.

Power is every stealing from the many to the few.

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.

Aristocracy is always cruel

Aristocracy is always cruel

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...

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,...

The heart is the best reflective thinker.

The heart is the best reflective thinker.

Responsibility educates

Responsibility educates

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...

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.

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.

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...

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

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

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.

Christianity is a battle not a dream.

Christianity is a battle not a dream.

Aristocracy is always cruel.

Aristocracy is always cruel.