That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.
WOODROW WILSONI believe that soldiers will bear me out in saying that both come in time of battle. I take it that the moral courage comes in going into the battle, and the physical courage in staying in.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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The fewer the desires, the more peace.
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We are not put into this world to sit still and know; we are put into it to act.
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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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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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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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Segregation is not humiliating but a benefit.
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Remember that God ordained that I should be the next president of the United States. Neither you nor any other mortal or mortals could have prevented this.
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What every man seeks is satisfaction. He deceives himself so long as he imagines it to lie in self-indulgence.
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There’s not an idea in our heads that has not been worn shiny by someone else’s brains.
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As a matter of fact and experience, the more power is divided the more irresponsible it becomes.
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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.
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No man has ever risen to the stature of spiritual manhood until he has found that it is finer to serve somebody else than it is to serve himself.
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When correcting a child, the goal is to apply light, not heat.
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We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the world.
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No people are true Christians who do not think constantly of how they can lift their brother and sister, how they can assist their friends, how they can enlighten mankind, how they can make virtue the rule of conduct in the circle in which they live.
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