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

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

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 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

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

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,...

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

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

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.

Responsibility educates.

Responsibility educates.

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...

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...

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.

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...

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics

Power is every stealing from the many to the few.

Power is every stealing from the many to the few.

Aristocracy is always cruel.

Aristocracy is always cruel.

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...

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 Founding Fathers knew a government can't control the economy without controlling people. And they...

The Founding Fathers knew a government can't control the economy without controlling people. And they...

If you attack stupidity you attack and entrenched interest with friends in government and every...

If you attack stupidity you attack and entrenched interest with friends in government and every...