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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
Duty
Justice
Society
Inspirational
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Republics exist only on the tenure of being constantly agitated.... There is no republican road to safety but in constant distrust.
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Common sense does not ask an impossible chessboard, but takes the one before it and plays the game.
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Political convulsions, like geological upheavings usher in new epochs of the world's progress.
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The labor movement means just this: It is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth.
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The Puritan's idea of hell is a place where everybody has to mind his own business.
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What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.
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Many men know how to flatter, few men know how to praise.
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Will the slave fight? If any man asks you, tell him No. But if anyone asks you will a Negro fight, tell him Yes!
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The reformer is careless of numbers, disregards popularity, and deals only with ideas, conscience, and common sense. He feels, with Copernicus, that as God waited long for an interpreter, so he can wait for his followers.
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Our agitation, you know, helps keep yours alive in the rank and file.
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Every man meets his Waterloo at last.
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We measure genius by quality, not by quantity.
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