Foundation Quote by Wendell Phillips

“Revolutions are not made: they come. A revolution is as natural a growth as an oak. It comes out of the past. Its foundations are laid far back.” quote by Wendell Phillips — Download Open image

“Revolutions are not made: they come. A revolution is as natural a growth as an oak. It comes out of the past. Its foundations are laid far back.”

Wendell Phillips

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Neither do I acknowledge the right of Plymouth to the whole rock. No, the rock underlies all America: it only crops out here.

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The heart beats louder and the soul hears quicker in silence and solitude.

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Freedom to preach was first gained, dragging in its train freedom to print.

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Politicians are like the bones of a horse's foreshoulder-not a straight one in it.

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