A fault which humbles a person is of more use to him or her than a good action which puffs him or her up.
WOODROW WILSONEvery people has a right to choose the sovereignty under which they shall live.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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To conquer with arms is to make only a temporary conquest; to conquer the world by earning its esteem is to make a permanent conquest.
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A man may be defeated by his own secondary successes.
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You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand
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High society is for those who have stopped working and no longer have anything important to do.
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The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.
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Responsibility is proportionate to opportunity.
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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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The seed of revolution is repression.
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When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing.
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No man has ever risen to the stature of spiritual manhood until he has found that it is finer to serve somebody else than it is to serve himself.
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Today’s greatest labor-saving device is tomorrow.
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Government ought to be all outside and no inside. Everybody knows that corruption thrives in secret places, and avoids public places, and we believe it a fair presumption that secrecy means impropriety.
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There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.
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The use of a university is to make young gentlemen as unlike their fathers as possible.
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What every man seeks is satisfaction. He deceives himself so long as he imagines it to lie in self-indulgence.
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