We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the world.
WOODROW WILSONWhen I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.
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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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It is not an army that we must train for war; it is a nation.
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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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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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If you’ve made up your mind you can do something, you’re absolutely RIGHT.
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A presidential campaign may easily degenerate into a mere personal contest, and so lose its real dignity. There is no indispensable man.
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When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.
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Never murder a man when he’s busy committing suicide.
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Self-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril.
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The world can be at peace only if the world is stable, and there can be no stability where the will is in rebellion, where there is not tranquility of spirit and a sense of justice, of freedom, and of right.
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Understanding is the soil in which grow all the fruits of friendship.
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Has justice ever grown in the soil of absolute power? Has not justice always come from the … heart and spirit of men who resist power?
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America was born a Christian nation.
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Life does not consist in thinking, it consists in acting.
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