A man may be defeated by his own secondary successes.
WOODROW WILSONThe only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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No people are true Christians who do not think constantly of how they can lift their brother and sister, how they can assist their friends, how they can enlighten mankind, how they can make virtue the rule of conduct in the circle in which they live.
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We want one class of persons to have a liberal education, and we want another class of persons, a very much larger class, of necessity, in every society, to forego the privileges of a liberal education and fit themselves to perform specific difficult manual tasks.
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Every people has a right to choose the sovereignty under which they shall live.
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Power consists in one’s capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.
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The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.
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The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.
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The princes among us are those who forget themselves and serve others.
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Work is the keystone of a perfect life. Work and trust in God.
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When correcting a child, the goal is to apply light, not heat.
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That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.
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We ought to regard ourselves and to act as socialists–believers in the wholesomeness and beneficence of the body politic.
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I am sorry for men who do not read the Bible every day. I wonder why they deprive themselves of the strength and pleasure.
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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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The whole purpose of democracy is that we may hold counsel with one another, so as not to depend upon the understanding of one man.
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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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