Has justice ever grown in the soil of absolute power? Has not justice always come from the … heart and spirit of men who resist power?
WOODROW WILSONThe world must be made safe for democracy.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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The way to stop financial joyriding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile.
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You cannot tear up ancient rootages and safely plant the tree of liberty in soil that is not native to it.
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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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To be free is not necessarily to be wise. Wisdom comes with counsel, with the frank and free conference of untrammeled men united in the common interest.
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Absolute identity with one’s cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.
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The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.
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The man who reads everything is like the man who eats everything: he can digest nothing, and the penalty of crowding one’s mind with other men’s thoughts is to have no thoughts of one’s own.
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Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.
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The great monopoly in this country is the money monopoly. So long as it exists, our old variety of freedom and individual energy of development are out of the question.
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A man may be defeated by his own secondary successes.
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You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
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We are intensely proud of their noble record and are glad to have had the whole world see how irresistible they are in their might when a cause which America holds dear is at stake. The whole nation has reason to be proud of them.
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The fewer the desires, the more peace.
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We must believe the things We teach our children
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Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.
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