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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Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this...

Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this...

Responsibility educates

Responsibility educates

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

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

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

Write on my gravestone: Infidel, Traitor., infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor...

Write on my gravestone: Infidel, Traitor., infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor...

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...

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...

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...

The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living.

The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living.

What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.

What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.

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.

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

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

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

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

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.

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

The heart is the best reflective thinker.

The heart is the best reflective thinker.