Quote#Truth
The agitator must stand outside of organizations, with no bread to…
Quote byWendell Phillips · 1811–1884
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Scholar in a Republic" (June 30, 1881).
English (original)
The agitator must stand outside of organizations, with no bread to earn, no candidate to elect, no party to save, no object but truth — to tear a question open and riddle it with light.
— Wendell Phillips
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