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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."

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

— Wendell Phillips

Knowledge

All Quotes by Wendell Phillips

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

— Wendell Phillips

Politics

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

— Wendell Phillips

Government

“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

“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

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

— Wendell Phillips

Business

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

— Wendell Phillips

Courage

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

— Wendell Phillips

Education

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

— Wendell Phillips

Knowledge

“Responsibility educates.”

— Wendell Phillips

Education

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

— Wendell Phillips

War

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

— Wendell Phillips

History

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

— Wendell Phillips

Power

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

— Wendell Phillips

Education