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• One on God's side is a majority. -- Wendell Phillips (1811-1884) -- Speech, Nov. 1, 1859
• Revolutions are not made; they come. -- Wendell Phillips (1811-1884) -- Speech, Jan. 28, 1852
• Revolutions never go backward. -- Wendell Phillips (1811-1884) -- Speech, Feb. 12, 1861
• What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action.
  -- Wendell Phillips (1811-1884) -- Speech, Dec. 21, 1855...
• 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....
• Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains. -- Wendell Phillip
• Aristocracy is always cruel. -- Wendell Phillip
• The character of every act depends on the circumstances in which it is done.
  The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic....
• Necessity is the plea of every infringement of human freedom.
  It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves....