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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Aristocracy is always cruel.

Aristocracy is always cruel.

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.

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,...

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.

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...

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

What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow, and trite as the multiplication table...

What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow, and trite as the multiplication table...

If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause.

If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause.

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...

Christianity is a battle not a dream.

Christianity is a battle not a dream.

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

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

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...

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

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.

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you.

Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you.

In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.

In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.

Talent is no accident of birth. In today's society a good many people seem to...

Talent is no accident of birth. In today's society a good many people seem to...