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I do not want a government that will take care of me, I want a government that will make other men take their hands off me so I can take care of myself.

Woodrow Wilson

America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only if it consists of all of us.
WOODROW WILSON

Country Patriot People
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
I have the feeling that he would rather see a good cause fail than succeed if he were not the head of it.
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Failure Feeling Goodness Head
The roll of honor consists of the names of meant who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.
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Consist Duty Ideal Name Role
A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.
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Change Consult Doubt
One of the proofs of the divinity of our gospel is the preaching it has survived.
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Divine Evidence Oneself Preach Survive
The world must be made safe for democracy.
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Democracy Safety World
Character, my friends, is a byproduct. It is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.
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Character Daily Friendship Greatness
We must believe the things We teach our children
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Believe Children Ourselves Teaching
No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does not know
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Himself Knowledge Subject
I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
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Borrow Brain Myself
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
Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.
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Fear God Need Yourself
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.
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Border Conscience Dictate Heart Himself Spirit
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
We ought to regard ourselves and to act as socialists–believers in the wholesomeness and beneficence of the body politic.
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Act Body Politics Regard Socialist

I do not want a government that will take care of me, I want a government that will make other men take their hands off me so I can take care of myself.

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