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Famous Wendell Phillips Quotes
“Education is the only interest worthy the deep, controlling anxiety of the thoughtful man.”
Source: Speeches, Lectures, and Letters
Source: Speeches, Lectures, and Letters
“Sin is not taken out of man, as Eve was out of Adam, by putting him to sleep.”
Source: Speeches, Lectures, and Letters: Second series
“It is but the littleness of man that seeth no greatness in trifles.”
Source: Speeches, Lectures, and Letters
Source: Speech of Wendell Phillips in vindication of the course pursued by the American Abolitionists
Source: Wendell Phillips on Civil Rights and Freedom
“The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.”
“We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.”
Source: Speeches, Lectures, and Letters
“Every man meets his Waterloo at last.”
Source: Speeches, Lectures, and Letters
“The best use of good laws is to teach men to trample bad laws under their feet.”