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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More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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If the colored people made a mistake in voting for me, they ought to correct it.
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One of the proofs of the divinity of our gospel is the preaching it has survived.
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When correcting a child, the goal is to apply light, not heat.
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No man can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
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The man who has no vision will undertake no great enterprise.
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When you have read the Bible, you will know it is the word of God, because you will have found it the key to your own heart, your own happiness and your own duty.
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No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does not know
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Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.
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The white men were roused by a mere instinct of self-preservation—until at last there had sprung into existence a great Ku Klux Klan, a veritable empire of the South, to protect the Southern country.
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Government ought to be all outside and no inside. Everybody knows that corruption thrives in secret places, and avoids public places, and we believe it a fair presumption that secrecy means impropriety.
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We grow by our dreams.
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Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.
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Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.
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If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if an hour, I am ready now.
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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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The fewer the desires, the more peace.
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A radical is one of whom people say ”He goes too far.” A conservative, on the other hand, is one who ”doesn’t go far enough.” Then there is the reactionary, ”one who doesn’t go at all.” All these terms are more or less objectionable, wherefore we have.
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America was born a Christian nation.
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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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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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Today’s greatest labor-saving device is tomorrow.
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The masters of the government of the United States are the combined capitalists and manufacturers of the United States.
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I had rather have everybody on my side than be armed to the teeth.
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The princes among us are those who forget themselves and serve others.
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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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As a matter of fact and experience, the more power is divided the more irresponsible it becomes.
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