Wendell Phillips
Wendell Phillips
Wendell Phillipswas an American abolitionist, advocate for Native Americans, orator and lawyer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth29 November 1811
CountryUnited States of America
believe yesterday today
I will utter what I believe today, if it should contradict all I said yesterday.
father pieces cracks
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.
firsts print train
Freedom to preach was first gained, dragging in its train freedom to print.
quality genius quantity
We measure genius by quality, not by quantity.
mind despair care
Though plunged in ills and exercised in care, Yet never let the noble mind despair.
country new-york white
The penny-papers of New York do more to govern this country than the White House at Washington.
lying health royal
Health lies in labor, and there is no royal road to it but through toil.
world sun delay
Right is the eternal sun; the world cannot delay its coming.
community liberty doe
The community which does not protect its humblest and most hated member in the free utterance of his opinions, no matter how false or hateful, is only a gang of slaves. If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.
political other-half politics
Great political questions stir the deepest nature of one-half the nation, but they pass far above and over the heads of the other half.
character men years
Brains and character rule the world. The most distinguished Frenchman of the last century said: Men succeed less by their talents than their character. There were scores of men a hundred years ago who had more intellect than Washington. He outlives and overrides them all by the influence of his character.
men liberty prohibition
The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.
inspirational dream battle
Christianity is a battle, not a dream.
government-debt tyrants people
Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.