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We are no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.

Woodrow Wilson

America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of the Holy Scripture.
WOODROW WILSON

Born Devotion Holy Scripture
If the colored people made a mistake in voting for me, they ought to correct it.
WOODROW WILSON

Color Mistake Myself People Vote
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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Close Dreams Luxury Philosophy Thinking
The truth is we are all caught in a great economic system which is heartless.
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Economics Greatness Heart System Trap Truth
I am not one of those who believe that a great standing army is the means of maintaining peace, because if you build up a great profession those who form parts of it want to exercise their profession.
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Believe Exercise Greatness Myself Peace Profession Stand
Segregation is not humiliating but a benefit.
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Benefit Humiliation Segregation
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
Men are not put into this world to go the path of ease, they are put into this world to go the path of pain and struggle.
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Man Pain Path Struggle World
I had rather have everybody on my side than be armed to the teeth.
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Company Myself Side Teeth
Any man that resists the present tides that run in the world, will find himself thrown upon a shore so high and barren that it will seem he has been separated from his human kind forever.
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Forever Himself Human Kind Man Resistance World
I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose.
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Day Lose Myself Reason Win
Thought cannot conceive of anything that may not be brought to expression. He who first uttered it may be only the suggester, but the doer will appear.
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Action Appearance Expression Suggestion
The 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.
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Brave Challenge Man Obstacle Scare
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
It’s harder for a leader to be born in a palace than to be born in a cabin.
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Born Hard Leadership Palace
What every man seeks is satisfaction. He deceives himself so long as he imagines it to lie in self-indulgence.
WOODROW WILSON

Imagination Indulgence Man Satisfaction Seek

We are no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.

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We are no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.

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