Will Phillips
Will Phillips
Will Phillipsis an American student from West Fork, Arkansas. At the age of ten, while a fifth grader at West Fork Elementary School in 2009, Phillips gained international attention for his refusal to say the Pledge of Allegiance because of social-political reasons...
tables today tomorrow
What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow, and trite as the multiplication table a week after.
aristocracy
Aristocracy is always cruel.
morning men government
We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.
voice together goes-on
Organize, and stand together. Claim something together, and at once; let the nation hear a united demand from the laboring voice, and then, when you have got that, go on after another; but get something.
fighting men slave
Will the slave fight? If any man asks you, tell him No. But if anyone asks you will a Negro fight, tell him Yes!
given seventies statesmen
You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency.
conquer ability
Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.
progress world steps
Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold, and from stake to stake.
world action puritan
What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action.
heart
The heart is the best logician.
arms insurrection
Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.
grace phrases agitation
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.
cracks discussion ifs
If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.
want firsts causes
If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause.