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Wendell Phillips Quotes

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

Wendell Phillips

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: activist
Nationality: american
Birth: November 29, 1811 - February 2, 1884

Topics

People Debt First Corrupt Disease

I'm a very respectful fighter, I don't get out of character and start talking crazy, but if you don't want to fight a fighter, or you don't think it's a good style, or it's just not time, then say that.

Good Character Time Style Fight You

Lazy people tend not to take chances, but express themselves by tearing down other's work.

Work People Down Lazy Take Chances

I can never consent to being dictated to.

I Can Never Consent Being Dictated

I only really and truly fully relax on my own. Give me a sun lounger, a pool and a sea view, and I'm happy.

Sea Happy Sun Me Relax View

Native Americans' families experience living surrounded, living in increasingly small reservations surrounded by the society that destroyed their civilization, and are still stigmatized. For decades and decades, for hundreds of years except in Indian schools, they weren't allowed to speak their language. That stigma takes a terrible toll.

Joshua Oppenheimer

Experience Society Small Speak Years

Growing up, I had only one good pair of shoes. So on rainy school days, my mom would slip plastic bread bags over them to keep them dry. But I was never embarrassed. Because the school bus would be filled with rows and rows of young Iowans with bread bags slipped over their feet.

Good Shoes School Mom Growing Up

Congress seems to thrive on breaking promises and passing unfunded mandates down to local government. It's really just a matter of priorities.

Government Promises Priorities Thrive

I tend to take things personally. But I can only take so much, and then I jump back. I have strong survival skills.

Christina Hendricks

Strong Survival Back I Can Jump

The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.

History Great Philosophy Human Clash

Once I see my mother's smiling face, I forget all the shooting pressures and tensions. I am the happiest person at that moment.

Mother Moment I Am Face Smiling See

Trump has long been a fan of Vladimir Putin but seems to be unaware that Russia's goal in Syria is simply the maintenance of its longtime ally President Bashar al-Assad in power. Indeed, Moscow has hitherto shown little appetite to focus on ISIS.

Power Focus Long Goal Maintenance

I rely heavily on rhythm when I write. You should tap your foot when you read it, all the way through.

You Way Write Rhythm Through Foot

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