Author: Wendell Phillips

Quotes

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

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

- Wendell Phillips

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

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

- 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

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

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 heart is the best reflective thinker.

The heart is the best reflective thinker.

- Wendell Phillips

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

- 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

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

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