You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency

Quote by Wendell Phillips

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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.

Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

Christianity is a battle not a dream.

Christianity is a battle not a dream.

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

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

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...

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

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

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.

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...

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.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

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.

The heart is the best reflective thinker.

The heart is the best reflective thinker.

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

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...

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

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

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.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

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...