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If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.

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Wendell Phillips
Age: 72 †
Born: 1811
Born: November 29
Died: 1884
Died: February 2
Jurist
Lawyer
Politician
Boston
Massachusetts
Universe
Anything
Crack
Cracks
Discussion
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The community which does not protect its humblest and most hated member in the free utterance of his opinions, no matter how false or hateful, is only a gang of slaves. If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.
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Immoral laws are doubtless void, and should not be obeyed.
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Let us always remember that he does not really believe his own opinion, who dares not give free scope to his opponent.
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Today it is not big business that we have to fear. It is big government.
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It is easy to be independent when all behind you agree with you, but the difficulty comes when nine hundred and ninety-nine of your friends think you are wrong.
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Brains and character rule the world. The most distinguished Frenchman of the last century said: Men succeed less by their talents than their character. There were scores of men a hundred years ago who had more intellect than Washington. He outlives and overrides them all by the influence of his character.
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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 press is the exclusive literature of the million to them it is literature, church, and college.
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Republics exist only on tenure of being agitated.
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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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Neither do I acknowledge the right of Plymouth to the whole rock. No, the rock underlies all America: it only crops out here.
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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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