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I will utter what I believe today, if it should contradict all I said yesterday.

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Wendell Phillips
Age: 72 †
Born: 1811
Born: November 29
Died: 1884
Died: February 2
Jurist
Lawyer
Politician
Boston
Massachusetts
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Yesterday
Belief
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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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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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