Wendell Phillips

Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#close #law #living #nothing #opinion

Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit or what is enacted in Congress. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#congress #enacted #i #i care #make

One on God's side is a majority. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#majority #side

Power is every stealing from the many to the few. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#few #many #power #stealing

Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#concealment #ever #given #grace #impart

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

— Wendell Phillips

#education #get #got #living #struggling

The keener the want the lustier the growth. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#keener #want

The labor movement means just this: it is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#american #american people #incorporated #just #labor

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

— Wendell Phillips

#better #fathers #good #imitation #must

Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#blood #disposition #filtered #forever #moods