Quotes by Wendell Phillips

Politics is but the common pulse-beat, of which revolution is the fever-spasm.

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We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

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Power is every stealing from the many to the few.

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One on God's side is a majority.

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

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Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion.

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Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

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

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Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

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

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Christianity is a battle not a dream.

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Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

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