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

Quote by Wendell Phillips

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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

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...

Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood,...

Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood,...

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

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...

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...

Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.

Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

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...

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.

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...

The heart is the best reflective thinker.

The heart is the best reflective thinker.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

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.

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

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

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...

Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

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...