Wendell Phillips

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#live #men #morning #newspapers #under

What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#done #gunpowder #mind #press #printing

What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#defeat #education #first #first step #nothing

What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow, and trite as the multiplication table a week after. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#creed #fanaticism #fashionable #multiplication #table

What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#gave #puritans #thought #world

Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#chains #knows #laurels #liberty #nothing

You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#always #american #get #given #hope

If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#first #get #great #orator #want

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#boredom #criticism #form