“ Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection - they have many friends and few enemies. Wendell Phillips
“ When I want to find the vanguard of the people I look to the uneasy dreams of an aristocracy and find what they dread most. Wendell Phillips
“ What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better. Wendell Phillips
“ How prudently most men creep into nameless graves, while now and then one or two forget themselves into immortality. Wendell Phillips
“ Every step of progress which the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold and from stake to stake. Wendell Phillips
“ Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment. Wendell Phillips
“ Common sense does not ask an impossible chessboard but takes the one before it and plays the game. Wendell Phillips
“ You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned 70 or given up all hope of the Presidency. Wendell Phillips
“ Physical bravery is an animal instinct moral bravery is a much higher and truer courage. Wendell Phillips
“ 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
