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Wendell Phillips
Age: 72 †
Born: 1811
Born: November 29
Died: 1884
Died: February 2
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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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We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.
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What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.
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The republic which sinks to sleep, trusting to constitutions and machinery, to politicians and statesmen, for the safety of its liberties, never will have any.
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Organize, and stand together. Claim something together, and at once let the nation hear a united demand from the laboring voice, and then, when you have got that, go on after another but get something.
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Insurrection of thought always precedes the insurrection of arms.
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On a single winged word hath hung the destiny of nations.
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Sin is not taken out of man, as Eve was out of Adam, by putting him to sleep.
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Baron Grimm declared that, as a rule, it was easy for little minds to attain splendid positions, because they devoted all their ability to the one object.
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Hearts are stronger than swords.
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Every government is always growing corrupt.
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Agitation prevents rebellion, keeps the peace, and secures progress. Every step she gains is gained forever. Muskets are the weapons of animals. Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.
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Never forgive at the ballot box!
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It is only liquid currents of thought that move men and the world
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Revolutions never go backwards.
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The heart beats louder and the soul hears quicker in silence and solitude.
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Today it is not big business that we have to fear. It is big government.
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The Puritan did not stop to think he recognized God in his soul, and acted.
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You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency.
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To be as good as our fathers, we must be better. Imitation is not discipleship. When some one sent a cracked plate to China to have a set made, every piece in the new set had a crack in it.
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