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The Puritan's idea of hell is a place where everybody has to mind his own business.
Wendell Phillips
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Wendell Phillips
Age: 72 †
Born: 1811
Born: November 29
Died: 1884
Died: February 2
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The heart beats louder and the soul hears quicker in silence and solitude.
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Government began in tyranny and force, began in the feudalism of the soldier and bigotry of the priest and the ideas of justice and humanity have been fighting their way, like a thunderstorm, against the organized selfishness of human nature.
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Education is the only interest worthy the deep, controlling anxiety of the thoughtful man.
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I will utter what I believe today, if it should contradict all I said yesterday.
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Freedom to preach was first gained, dragging in its train freedom to print.
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Many men know how to flatter, few men know how to praise.
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