Quote #19
Politics is but the common pulse-beat, of which revolution is the fever-spasm.
More from Wendell Phillips
- Many know how to flatter, few know how to praise.
- Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.
- It is only liquid currents of thought that move men and the world.
- The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living.
- Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.
- The heart is the best reflective thinker.
- If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause.
- To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship.