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I think the first duty of society is justice.

Wendell Phillips

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Wendell Phillips
Age: 72 †
Born: 1811
Born: November 29
Died: 1884
Died: February 2
Jurist
Lawyer
Politician
Boston
Massachusetts
Inspirational
Firsts
First
Think
Duty
Justice
Society

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Education is the only interest worthy the deep, controlling anxiety of the thoughtful man.
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Never forgive at the ballot box!
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Popular opinion is oftenest, what Carlyle pronounced it to be, a lie!
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My advice to a young man seeking deathless fame would be to espouse an unpopular cause and devote his life to it.
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