What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow, and trite as the multiplication table a week after.

Quote by Wendell Phillips

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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...

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold, and...

Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold, and...

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...

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

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

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.

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,...

Aristocracy is always cruel

Aristocracy is always cruel

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

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

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...

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

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

The heart is the best reflective thinker.

The heart is the best reflective thinker.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

Aristocracy is always cruel.

Aristocracy is always cruel.

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

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.