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...
education men thoughtful
Education is the only interest worthy the deep, controlling anxiety of the thoughtful man.
independent thinking ninety-nine
It is easy to be independent when all behind you agree with you, but the difficulty comes when nine hundred and ninety-nine of your friends think you are wrong.
believe giving speech
Let us always remember that he does not really believe his own opinion, who dares not give free scope to his opponent.
soldier victory liberty
Liberty knows nothing but victories. Soldiers call Bunker Hill a defeat; but liberty dates from it though Warren lay dead on the field.
war government people
A large body of people, sufficient to make a nation, have come to the conclusion that they will have a government of a certain form. Who denies them the right? Standing with the principles of '76 behind us, who can deny them the right? ... I maintain on the principles of '76 that Abraham Lincoln has no right to a soldier in Fort Sumter. ... You can never make such a war popular. ... The North never will endorse such a war.
freedom responsibility liberty
Eternal vigilence is the price of liberty.
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.