Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator.
Wendell PhillipsRead
Organize, and stand together. Claim something together, and at once; let the nation hear a united demand from the laboring voice, and then, when you have got that, go on after another; but get something.
Interpretation
Unity and organization are crucial for achieving collective goals.
Wendell Phillips emphasizes the importance of solidarity among individuals, particularly in the labor movement. He urges people to organize themselves and present a united front when making demands, suggesting that through collective action, they can achieve significant outcomes and continue pressing for additional improvements.
In practice
During a labor rally to inspire solidarity among workers.
Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator.
Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.
If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause.
Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.
Write on my gravestone: 'Infidel, Traitor.', infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor to every government that oppresses the people.
On a single winged word hath hung the destiny of nations.
Twenty-six miles is now my daily minimum.
I'm going to go down swinging... I'm sure as heck not going to go home and say I had a bad tournament.
Nothing is going to be handed to you -- you have to make things happen.
If people are worried, if they're fearful, if they feel a sense of grievance or that they're not being treated properly or that they're not being paid fairly, what you're going to have is you're going to have people doing the minimum amount of work necessary to not get fired, and not a peppercorn more.
What appears to be the end of the road may simply be a bend in the road.
My whole career, I've been an underdog, I've been underestimated. Therefore, I've had a chip on my shoulder my entire career. Being drafted in the second round when you think you're supposed to be in the first round, a lottery pick, the chip grows bigger. And you have more to prove.
Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.