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Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse. Untrammeled reasoning is the indulgence of the philosopher, of the dreamer of sweet dreams.

Woodrow Wilson

The history of liberty is a history of resistance.
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History Liberty Resistance
Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence is a practical document for the use of practical men. It is not a thesis for philosophers, but a whip for tyrants; it is not a theory of government but a program of action.
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Action Document Government Independence Practical Program Theory
What is the use of voting? We know that the machines of both parties are subsidized by the same persons, and therefore it is useless to turn in either direction.
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Direction Machine Party Person Vote
Responsibility is proportionate to opportunity.
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Opportunity Responsibility
This was not after all a conventional war, a struggle between equally predacious powers; it was a war to end all wars.
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Equality Power Struggle War
A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.
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Government Help Man Representation Willing
Never murder a man when he’s busy committing suicide.
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Man Murder Suicide
Only peace between equals can last.
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Equality Last Peace
No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does not know
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Himself Knowledge Subject
One of the proofs of the divinity of our gospel is the preaching it has survived.
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Divine Evidence Oneself Preach Survive
The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.
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Emotion Flag History
I am the friend of peace and mean to preserve it for America so long as I am able. No course of my choosing or of their (nations at war) will lead to war. War can come only by the wilful acts and aggressions of others.
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Act Aggression Choice Friendship Myself Nation Peace Willing
The right is more precious than peace.
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Peace Precious Right
Government, in it’s last analysis, is organized force.
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Analysis Force Government
I had rather have everybody on my side than be armed to the teeth.
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Company Myself Side Teeth
Self-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril.
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Determination Ignorance Phrase Work

Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse. Untrammeled reasoning is the indulgence of the philosopher, of the dreamer of sweet dreams.

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