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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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.

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no...

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no...

Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

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.

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.

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.

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...

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to...

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to...

Aristocracy is always cruel

Aristocracy is always cruel

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.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

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

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

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,...

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...

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

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

Responsibility educates.

Responsibility educates.