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

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Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion.

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

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

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Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold, and from stake to stake.

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

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

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

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

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: November 29th, 1811

Died: February 2nd, 1884

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