Self-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril.
WOODROW WILSONIt does not become America that within her borders, where every man is free to follow the dictates of his conscience, men should raise the cry of church against church. To do that is to strike at the very spirit and heart of America.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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If you’ve made up your mind you can do something, you’re absolutely RIGHT.
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Unless justice be done to others it will not be done to us.
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I have always in my own thought summed up individual liberty, and business liberty, and every other kind of liberty, in the phrase that is common in the sporting world, ‘A free field and no favor.’
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The roll of honor consists of the names of meant who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.
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America cannot be an ostrich with its head in the sand.
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The man who disparages music as a luxury and non-essential is doing the nation an injury. Music now, more than ever before, is a national need.
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Work is the keystone of a perfect life. Work and trust in God.
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The shadows that now lie dark upon our path will soon be dispelled and we shall walk with the light all about us if we but be true to ourselves.
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Every people has a right to choose the sovereignty under which they shall live.
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You cannot tear up ancient rootages and safely plant the tree of liberty in soil that is not native to it.
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I had rather have everybody on my side than be armed to the teeth.
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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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Power consists in one’s capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.
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To conquer with arms is to make only a temporary conquest; to conquer the world by earning its esteem is to make a permanent conquest.
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We must believe the things We teach our children
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