That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.
WOODROW WILSONHas 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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The whole purpose of democracy is that we may hold counsel with one another, so as not to depend upon the understanding of one man.
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One of the proofs of the divinity of our gospel is the preaching it has survived.
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We must believe the things We teach our children
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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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We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.
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I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.
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It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilizationitself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things we have always carried closest to our hearts.
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We are intensely proud of their noble record and are glad to have had the whole world see how irresistible they are in their might when a cause which America holds dear is at stake. The whole nation has reason to be proud of them.
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America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only if it consists of all of us.
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America cannot be an ostrich with its head in the sand.
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The right is more precious than peace.
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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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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.
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A man may be defeated by his own secondary successes.
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Work is the keystone of a perfect life. Work and trust in God.
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