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Wendell Phillips

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The identity of Wendell Phillips may be elusive, but the power of their words is anything but. Wendell Phillips's observations on Government are as sharp as their thoughts on Education, revealing genuine breadth of mind. Our collection holds 18 quotes from Wendell Phillips, each offering a different angle on Government, Education, War, Religion, and Power. Here is a taste of their wisdom: "Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics."

“To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the law of gravitation, and kept the planets in their places.”

— Wendell Phillips

Government

All Quotes by Wendell Phillips

“What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.”

— Wendell Phillips

War

“Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.”

— Wendell Phillips

Knowledge

“Today it is not big business that we have to fear. It is big government.”

— Wendell Phillips

Business

“To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the law of gravitation, and kept the planets in their places.”

— Wendell Phillips

Government

“Responsibility educates.”

— Wendell Phillips

Education

“Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.”

— Wendell Phillips

History

“What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better.”

— Wendell Phillips

Education

“To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship.”

— Wendell Phillips

Fathersday

“You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency.”

— Wendell Phillips

Hope

“Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.”

— Wendell Phillips

Politics

“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty power is ever stealing from the many to the few.”

— Wendell Phillips

Power

“We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.”

— Wendell Phillips

Government

“The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living.”

— Wendell Phillips

Education

“Physical bravery is an animal instinct moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.”

— Wendell Phillips

Courage