Author: Wendell Phillips

Quotes

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

- 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

One on God's side is a majority.

One on God's side is a majority.

- 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

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

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

- 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

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

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

- 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

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