Revolutions are not made they come.

— Wendell Phillips

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

— Wendell Phillips

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

— Wendell Phillips

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

— Wendell Phillips

To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the law of gravitation, and kept the planets in their places.

— Wendell Phillips

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

— Wendell Phillips

What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.

— Wendell Phillips

What gunpowder did for war, the printing press has done for the mind.

— Wendell Phillips

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

— Wendell Phillips

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

— Wendell Phillips