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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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...

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

Many know how to flatter, few know how to praise.

Many know how to flatter, few know how to praise.

Responsibility educates.

Responsibility educates.

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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,...

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...

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

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...

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

Aristocracy is always cruel.

Aristocracy is always cruel.

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...

Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in...

Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in...

Each man is the architect of his own fate.

Each man is the architect of his own fate.