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We ought to regard ourselves and to act as socialists–believers in the wholesomeness and beneficence of the body politic.

Woodrow Wilson

War isn’t declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.
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Affair Declare God Human War
High society is for those who have stopped working and no longer have anything important to do.
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Important Society Stop Work
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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Determination Ignorance Phrase Work
You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand
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Forget Rich Task World
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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Balance Carry Closet Fear Greatness Heart Peace People Terrible
I believe in Democracy because it releases the energies of every human being.
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Believe Democracy Energy Human Myself
We are not put into this world to sit still and know; we are put into it to act.
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Act Born Growth World
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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Brother Circle Enlightenment Kind Live Man People Sister Thinking True
The fewer the desires, the more peace.
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Desire Peace Spiritual
To do things today exactly the way you did them yesterday saves thinking.
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Day Save Thinking Way
The princes among us are those who forget themselves and serve others.
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Forget King Service Value
I would never read a book if it were possible for me to talk half an hour with the man who wrote it.
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Book Man Myself Possible Reading Talk Writing
We are no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.
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Domination Freedom Government Majority Man Opinion Vote
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
Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world.
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Ideal Identity Nation People Time World
The truth is we are all caught in a great economic system which is heartless.
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Economics Greatness Heart System Trap Truth

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