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If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.
Wendell Phillips
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Wendell Phillips
Age: 72 †
Born: 1811
Born: November 29
Died: 1884
Died: February 2
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Insurrection of thought always precedes the insurrection of arms.
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Write on my gravestone: 'Infidel, Traitor.', infidel to every church that compromises with wrong traitor to every government that oppresses the people.
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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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Statutes are mere milestone, telling how far yesterday's thought had traveled and the talk of the sidewalk today is the law of the land. With us, law in nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion.
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Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.
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