No man that does not see visions will ever realize any high hope or undertake any high enterprise.
WOODROW WILSONNo government has ever been beneficent when the attitude of government was that it was taking care of the people. The only freedom consists in the people taking care of the government.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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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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I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety, because if a man is a fool, the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking.
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Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world.
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We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.
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No government has ever been beneficent when the attitude of government was that it was taking care of the people. The only freedom consists in the people taking care of the government.
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If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if an hour, I am ready now.
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If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.
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We cannot be separated in interest or divided in purpose. We stand together until the end.
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We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.
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It is not an army that we must train for war; it is a nation.
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I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something.
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Benevolence does not consist in those who are prosperous pitying and helping those who are not. It consists in fellow feeling that puts you upon actually the same level with the fellow who suffers.
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The fewer the desires, the more peace.
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If you wish your children to be Christians you must really take the trouble to be Christian yourselves. Those are the only terms upon which the home will work the gracious miracle.
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Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.
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