We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

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...

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

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.

One on God's side is a majority.

One on God's side is a majority.

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.

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics

The keener the want the lustier the growth.

The keener the want the lustier the growth.

Power is every stealing from the many to the few.

Power is every stealing from the many to the few.

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.

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...

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,...

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

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

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

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

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...

To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship.

To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship.

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.

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

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