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Wendell Phillips Politician

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Nov 29, 1811
  • Died: Feb 2, 1884

Wendell Phillips was an American abolitionist, advocate for Native Americans, orator and lawyer.

Today it is not big business that we have to fear. It is big government. business, fear & government

Responsibility educates. education

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics. politics & religion

Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment. knowledge

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers. government & morning

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

To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the law of gravitation, and kept the planets in their places. government

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

The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living. education

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

What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better. education

Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories. history

To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship. Father's Day

What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind. war