149 Quotes by Wendell Phillips

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

The penny-papers of New York do more to govern this country than the White House at Washington.

To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship.

Health lies in labor, and there is no royal road to it but through toil.

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

Right is the eternal sun; the world cannot delay its coming.

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies.

The community which does not protect its humblest and most hated member in the free utterance of his opinions, no matter how false or hateful, is only a gang of slaves. If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.

The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living.