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Wendell Phillips Biography

Wendell Phillips (November 29, 1811 – February 2, 1884) was an American abolitionist, advocate for Native Americans, orator, and attorney.

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The keener the want the lustier the growth.

Growth, Want, Keener, Lustier

On a single winged word hath hung the destiny of nations.

Destiny, Hung, Inspirational, Single

Eternal vigilence is the price of liberty.

Eternal, Freedom, Liberty, Responsibility, Vigilence

To be as good as our fathers, we must be better. Imitation is not discipleship. When some one sent a cracked plate to China to have a set made, every piece in the new set had a crack in it.

Crack, Cracks, Father, Piece, Pieces, Sent

Health lies in labor, and there is no royal road to it but through toil.

Health, Labor, Lies, Lying, Royal, Toil

The work resembles a breech delivery-one which is expressed in rhythmic lurches, stabs of phrase and vocal ornamentation designed to express agitation rather than decorative grace.

Agitation, Grace, Lurches, Phrases, Rhythmic

The hand entrusted with power becomes, either from human depravity or esprit de corps, the necessary enemy of the people

Corps, Enemy, Hand, Hands, People

The man who, for party, forsakes righteousness, goes down; and the armed battalions of God march over him.

Down, God, Integrity, Men, Party, Righteousness

Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.

Corrupt, Debt, Government, People, Republics, Tyrants

The best use of good laws is to teach men to trample bad laws under their feet.

Feet, Law, Men, Trample, Under, Use

Sin is not taken out of man, as Eve was out of Adam, by putting him to sleep.

Adam, Men, Putting, Sleep, Taken

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies.

Government, Loved, Political, Protection, Rights

Hearts are stronger than swords.

Heart, Hearts, Stronger, Swords

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

Believe, Contradict, Said, Today, Yesterday

What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action.

Action, Gave, Puritan, Thought, World

If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause.

Cause, Causes, Firsts, Orator, Want

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

Boredom, Criticism, Form

Revolution is the only thing, the only power, that ever worked out freedom for any people. The powers that have ruled long and learned to love ruling, will never give up that prerogative until they must, till they see the certainty of overthrow and destruction if they do not. To plant-to revolutionize-these are the twin stars that have ruled our pathway. What have we then to dread in the word Revolution-we, the children of rebels!

Children, Giving Up, Overthrow, Rebels, Stars

Experience is a safe light to walk by, and he is not a rash man who expects to succeed in future from the same means which have secured it in times past.

Future, Mean, Men, Past, Rash, Walk

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

Government, Live, Men, Morning, Newspapers

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