Wendell Phillips Quotes

1811–1884, American Reformer, Orator · Wikipedia · Wikidata
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“One on God's side is a majority.”
VerifiedLecture at Brooklyn, NY (November 1, 1859); in Speeches, Letters and Lectures by Wendell Phillips (1884), p. 274 · evidenceDetails & citeGod
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“What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action.”
VerifiedSpeech at the dinner of the Pilgrim Society (21 December 1855), in Speeches, Letters and Lectures by Wendell Phillips (1884), p. 229 · evidenceDetails & citePuritans
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“What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better.”
VerifiedLecture 'The Lesson of the Hour', Brooklyn (1 November 1859) · evidenceDetails & citeFailure
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“The heart is the best reflective thinker.”
Heart
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“The keener the want the lustier the growth.”
Want
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“Many know how to flatter, few know how to praise.”
Praise
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“Power is every stealing from the many to the few.”
Power
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“If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause.”
Causes
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“On a single winged word hath hung the destiny of nations.”
Words
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“The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living.”
Education
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“Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion.”
Opinions
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“To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship”
Imitation
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“Write on my gravestone: ''Infidel, Traitor.''--infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor to every government that oppresses the people.”
DisputedNo reliable early source found for Wendell Phillips. · evidenceDetails & citeTreason
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