No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does not know
WOODROW WILSONThe whole purpose of democracy is that we may hold counsel with one another, so as not to depend upon the understanding of one man.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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Understanding is the soil in which grow all the fruits of friendship.
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I would not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with great respect of the past.
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There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.
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War isn’t declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.
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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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There is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.
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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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If you’ve made up your mind you can do something, you’re absolutely RIGHT.
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The Bible is the one supreme source of revelation of the meaning of life, the nature of God and spiritual nature and need of men. It is the only guide of life which really leads the spirit in the way of peace and salvation.
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The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.
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Government, in it’s last analysis, is organized force.
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Only peace between equals can last.
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There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.
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The man who reads everything is like the man who eats everything: he can digest nothing, and the penalty of crowding one’s mind with other men’s thoughts is to have no thoughts of one’s own.
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Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord’s Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
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