The fewer the desires, the more peace.
WOODROW WILSONNo man ever saw a government. I live in the midst of the Government of the United States, but I never saw the Government of the United States.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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I had rather have everybody on my side than be armed to the teeth.
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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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I believe that soldiers will bear me out in saying that both come in time of battle. I take it that the moral courage comes in going into the battle, and the physical courage in staying in.
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No man ever saw a government. I live in the midst of the Government of the United States, but I never saw the Government of the United States.
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The princes among us are those who forget themselves and serve others.
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Understanding is the soil in which grow all the fruits of friendship.
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We have beaten the living, but we cannot fight the dead.
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I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.
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A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday, does not know what it is today, nor what it is trying to do. We are trying to do a futile thing if we do not know where we came from or what we have been about.
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Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.
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There was a time when corporations played a minor part in our business affairs, but now they play the chief part, and most men are the servants of corporations.
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Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.
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The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.
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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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The truth is we are all caught in a great economic system which is heartless.
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We are not put into this world to sit still and know; we are put into it to act.
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America cannot be an ostrich with its head in the sand.
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The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
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The object of love is to serve, not to win.
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What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind.
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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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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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There is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.
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Is there any man here or any woman, let me say is there any child here, who does not know that the seed of war in the modern world is industrial and commercial rivalry?
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Today’s greatest labor-saving device is tomorrow.
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The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.
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