Wendell Phillips

GPTKB entity

Properties (37)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf orator
abolitionist
social reformer
gptkbp:advocatesFor labor rights
equal rights for women
immediate emancipation
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:American_Anti-Slavery_Society
gptkb:Massachusetts_Anti-Slavery_Society
gptkbp:birthDate 1811-11-29
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:children gptkb:Wendell_Phillips_Jr.
gptkbp:deathDate 1884-02-02
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:famousQuote “The only way to deal with the future is to create it.”
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
“The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.”
“A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of society.”
“The greatest danger is not that we will aim too high and miss it, but that we will aim too low and reach it.”
“A man’s character is his fate.”
“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.”
“The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.”
“The man who is afraid of the people will never lead them.”
“Justice_is_the_great_interest_of_man_on_earth.”
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wendell Phillips
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:William_Lloyd_Garrison
gptkbp:knownFor women's rights advocacy
advocacy for abolition of slavery
gptkbp:notableWork Speech at the 1852 Anti-Slavery Convention
The Lost Arts
gptkbp:occupation lawyer
activist
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Liberty_Party
gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ann_Eliza_Phillips