Wendell Phillips Quotes

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

Aristocracy is always cruel.
Wendell Phillips quote

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.
Wendell Phillips quote

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

Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.
Wendell Phillips quote

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics
Wendell Phillips quote

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
Wendell Phillips quote

Example acquires tenfold authority when it speaks from the grave
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Biography

American abolitionist