black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

There is something better, if possible, that a man can give than his life. That is his living spirit to a service that is not easy, to resist counsels that are hard to resist, to stand against purposes that are difficult to stand against.

Woodrow Wilson

I believe in Democracy because it releases the energies of every human being.
WOODROW WILSON

Believe Democracy Energy Human Myself
If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if an hour, I am ready now.
WOODROW WILSON

Myself Preparation Ready Time
No government has ever been beneficent when the attitude of government was that it was taking care of the people. The only freedom consists in the people taking care of the government.
WOODROW WILSON

Attitude Care Freedom Government People
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.
WOODROW WILSON

Believe Exercise Greatness Myself Peace Profession Stand
Men grow by having responsibility laid upon them.
WOODROW WILSON

Growth Man Responsibility
Understanding is the soil in which grow all the fruits of friendship.
WOODROW WILSON

Friendship Fruit Growth Understand
A radical is one of whom people say ”He goes too far.” A conservative, on the other hand, is one who ”doesn’t go far enough.” Then there is the reactionary, ”one who doesn’t go at all.” All these terms are more or less objectionable, wherefore we have.
WOODROW WILSON

Conservation Hands Himself Object People Reaction
The ordinary literary man, even though he be an eminent historian, is ill-fitted to be a mentor in affairs of government. For… things are for the most part very simple in books, and in practical life very complex.
WOODROW WILSON

Affair Complex Literacy Man Ordinary
The man who disparages music as a luxury and non-essential is doing the nation an injury. Music now, more than ever before, is a national need.
WOODROW WILSON

Luxury Man Music National Need
The truth is we are all caught in a great economic system which is heartless.
WOODROW WILSON

Economics Greatness Heart System Trap Truth
It does not become America that within her borders, where every man is free to follow the dictates of his conscience, men should raise the cry of church against church. To do that is to strike at the very spirit and heart of America.
WOODROW WILSON

Border Conscience Dictate Heart Himself Spirit
There’s not an idea in our heads that has not been worn shiny by someone else’s brains.
WOODROW WILSON

Brain Head Ideas Shine
Responsibility is proportionate to opportunity.
WOODROW WILSON

Opportunity Responsibility
War isn’t declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.
WOODROW WILSON

Affair Declare God Human War
A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.
WOODROW WILSON

Government Help Man Representation Willing
If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.
WOODROW WILSON

Conscience Dog Examination Face Home Yourself

There is something better, if possible, that a man can give than his life. That is his living spirit to a service that is not easy, to resist counsels that are hard to resist, to stand against purposes that are difficult to stand against.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

There is something better, if possible, that a man can give than his life. That is his living spirit to a service that is not easy, to resist counsels that are hard to resist, to stand against purposes that are difficult to stand against.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Woodrow Wilson Quotes