Immoral laws are doubtless void, and should not be obeyed. Wendell Phillips More Quotes by Wendell Phillips More Quotes From Wendell Phillips Christianity is a battle, not a dream. Wendell Phillips christiandreaminspirational 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 aggravationlawmen There is a very broad theory that society gets the right to hang, as the individual gets the right to defend himself. Suppose she does; there are certain principles which limit this right. Society has got the murderer within four walls; he never can do any more harm. Has society any need to take that man's life to protect itself? If any society has only the right that the individual has, she has no right to inflict the penalty of death, because she can effectually restrain the individual from ever again committing his offence. Wendell Phillips wallprinciplesmen Government is only a necessary evil, like other go-carts and crutches. Our need of it shows exactly how far we are still children. All governing overmuch kills the self-help and energy of the governed. Wendell Phillips governmentselfchildren It is easy to be independent when all behind you agree with you, but the difficulty comes when nine hundred and ninety-nine of your friends think you are wrong. Wendell Phillips ninety-nineindependentthinking The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living. Wendell Phillips wisdomeducationchildren The paleontological evidence before us today clearly demonstrates ordered progressive change with the successive development of new faunal and floral assemblages through the changing epochs of our earth's history. There should be no real conflict between science, which is the search for truth, and Christ's teachings, which I hold to be truth itself. It is only when scientists remove God from creation that the Christian is faced with an irreconcilable situation. Wendell Phillips realtruthchristian I will utter what I believe today, if it should contradict all I said yesterday. Wendell Phillips yesterdaytodaybelieve Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains. Wendell Phillips agitationatmospherebrain Revolutions are not made, they come. Wendell Phillips rebelliousrevolutionmade Popular opinion is oftenest, what Carlyle pronounced it to be, a lie! Wendell Phillips popularityopinionlying Peace, if possible, but justice at any rate. Wendell Phillips rateifsjustice To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship. Wendell Phillips father-sonfathers-daydad Every government is always growing corrupt. Wendell Phillips growinggovernment Politics is but the common pulse-beat, of which revolution is the fever-spasm. Wendell Phillips feverpulsepolitical Politicians are like the bones of a horse's foreshoulder-not a straight one in it. Wendell Phillips horsepoliticspolitical Great political questions stir the deepest nature of one-half the nation, but they pass far above and over the heads of the other half. Wendell Phillips politicspoliticalhalf Experience is a safe light to walk by, and he is not a rash man who expects to succeed in future from the same means which have secured it in times past. Wendell Phillips menmeanpast The keener the want the lustier the growth. Wendell Phillips growthwant Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism. Wendell Phillips boredomformcriticism
