Author: Wendell Phillips

Quotes

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.

- Wendell Phillips

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.

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.

- Wendell Phillips

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

- Wendell Phillips

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

- Wendell Phillips

The labor movement means just this: it is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth.

The labor movement means just this: it is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth.

- Wendell Phillips

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.

- Wendell Phillips

The heart is the best reflective thinker.

The heart is the best reflective thinker.

- Wendell Phillips

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.

- Wendell Phillips

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

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

- Wendell Phillips

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