Quotes By Wendell Phillips

Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.

The heart is the best reflective thinker.

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

The keener the want the lustier the growth.

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few.

What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow, and trite as the multiplication table a week after.

You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency.