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


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



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Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.



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

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



Every man meets his Waterloo at last.

Every man meets his Waterloo at last.



Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.

Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.



Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies.

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies.



The labor movement means just this: It is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth.

The labor movement means just this: It is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth.



What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action.

What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action.



The heritage of the past is the seed that brings forth the harvest of the future.

The heritage of the past is the seed that brings forth the harvest of the future.





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This page presents the quote "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few.". Author of this quote is Wendell Phillips. This quote is about stealing, eternal vigilance, esprit de corps, power, liberty,.