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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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,...

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

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...

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,...

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.

Christianity is a battle, not a dream

Christianity is a battle, not a dream

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...

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.

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

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

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

Christianity is a battle not a dream.

Christianity is a battle not a dream.

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no...

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no...

Responsibility educates.

Responsibility educates.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

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...

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.

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.