The whole purpose of democracy is that we may hold counsel with one another, so as not to depend upon the understanding of one man.
WOODROW WILSONBig business is not dangerous because it is big, but because its bigness is an unwholesome inflation created by privileges and exemptions which it ought not to enjoy.
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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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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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Segregation is not humiliating but a benefit.
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It is the object of learning, not only to satisfy the curiosity and perfect the spirits of ordinary men, but also to advance civilization.
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Big business is not dangerous because it is big, but because its bigness is an unwholesome inflation created by privileges and exemptions which it ought not to enjoy.
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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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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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The history of liberty is a history of resistance.
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The sum of the whole matter is this – our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually.
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I am not one of those who believe that a great standing army is the means of maintaining peace, because if you build up a great profession those who form parts of it want to exercise their profession.
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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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The masters of the government of the United States are the combined capitalists and manufacturers of the United States.
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The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.
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The way to stop financial joyriding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile.
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Conformity will be the only virtue and any man who refuses to conform will have to pay the penalty.
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