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Wendell Phillips

"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."

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"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."

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"In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it."

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"Let no such man be trusted."

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"We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members."

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"Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution."

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"Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts."

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"A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery."

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"A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good."

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"In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary."

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"A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him."

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"Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all."

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"Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator."
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"Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms."
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"Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people."
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"Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but of great talent; and men of no talent, but of one principle - that of obedience to their superiors."
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"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few."
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