Author: Wendell Phillips

Quotes

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

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

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

- 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

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.

- Wendell Phillips

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

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

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

- Wendell Phillips

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

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

- Wendell Phillips

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

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

- Wendell Phillips

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