On a single winged word hath hung the destiny of nations. — Wendell Phillips Destiny Copy Share Image
We live under a government of men and morning newspapers. — Wendell Phillips Government Copy Share Image
The man who, for party, forsakes righteousness, goes down; and the armed battalions of God march over him. — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action. — Wendell Phillips Action Copy Share Image
To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship. — Wendell Phillips Father Copy Share Image
Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics. — Wendell Phillips Politics Copy Share Image
The penny-papers of New York do more to govern this country than the White House at Washington. — Wendell Phillips Country Copy Share Image
Government arrogates to itself that it alone forms men. Everybody knows that government never began anything. It is the whole world that… — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
To be as good as our fathers, we must be better. Imitation is not discipleship. When some one sent a cracked plate… — Wendell Phillips China Copy Share Image
How prudently we proud men compete for nameless graves, while now and then some starveling of late forgets himself into immortality — Wendell Phillips Death Copy Share Image
How prudently we proud men compete for nameless graves, while now and then some starveling of Fate forgets himself into immortality — Wendell Phillips Death Copy Share Image
Organize, and stand together. Claim something together, and at once; let the nation hear a united demand from the laboring voice, and… — Wendell Phillips Civil disobedience Copy Share Image
Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator. — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
Republics exist only on the tenure of being constantly agitated… There is no republican road to safety but in constant distrust. — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
Agitation prevents rebellion, keeps the peace, and secures progress. Every step she gains is gained forever. Muskets are the weapons of animals.… — Wendell Phillips Agitation Copy Share Image
Education is the only interest worthy the deep, controlling anxiety of the thoughtful man. — Wendell Phillips Anxiety Copy Share Image
The Puritan's idea of hell is a place where everybody has to mind his own business. — Wendell Phillips Gossip Copy Share Image
Common sense does not ask an impossible chessboard, but takes the one before it and plays the game. — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
Popular opinion is oftenest, what Carlyle pronounced it to be, a lie! — Wendell Phillips Carlyle Copy Share Image
Political convulsions, like geological upheavings usher in new epochs of the world's progress — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
Insurrection of thought always precedes the insurrection of arms. — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion. — Wendell Phillips Law Copy Share Image
Example acquires tenfold authority when it speaks from the grave. — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
The heritage of the past is the seed that brings forth the harvest of the future. — Wendell Phillips Culture Copy Share Image
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few. — Wendell Phillips Eternal Copy Share Image
The press is the exclusive literature of the million; to them it is literature, church, and college. — Wendell Phillips Books Copy Share Image
Our agitation, you know, helps keep yours alive in the rank and file. — Wendell Phillips Agitation Copy Share Image
It is only liquid currents of thought that move men and the world — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
The Puritan did not stop to think; he recognized God in his soul, and acted. — Wendell Phillips Puritan Copy Share Image
If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack. — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
