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Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit or what is enacted in Congress

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Wendell Phillips
Age: 72 †
Born: 1811
Born: November 29
Died: 1884
Died: February 2
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Peace, if possible, but justice at any rate.
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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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Example acquires tenfold authority when it speaks from the grave.
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