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

Quote by Wendell Phillips

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

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

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

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,...

The heart is the best reflective thinker.

The heart is the best reflective thinker.

Christianity is a battle not a dream.

Christianity is a battle not a dream.

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

Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

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...

The keener the want the lustier the growth.

The keener the want the lustier the growth.

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.

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.

Aristocracy is always cruel

Aristocracy is always cruel

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

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.

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.

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...