What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better

Quote by Wendell Phillips

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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,...

Responsibility educates.

Responsibility educates.

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.

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...

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

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

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 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.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

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...

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics

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...

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...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never...

Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never...

In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed almost the existence, of man depends so...

In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed almost the existence, of man depends so...

Keep true to the dreams of your youth.

Keep true to the dreams of your youth.