There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.
WOODROW WILSON
As a matter of fact and experience, the more power is divided the more irresponsible it becomes.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.
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I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose.
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The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.
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I had rather have everybody on my side than be armed to the teeth.
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Every people has a right to choose the sovereignty under which they shall live.
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Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.
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War isn’t declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.
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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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Never murder a man when he’s busy committing suicide.
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A presidential campaign may easily degenerate into a mere personal contest, and so lose its real dignity. There is no indispensable man.
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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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There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.
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I could see now that a literary education did not fit one for the popular novelist’s trade.Once you had started using words like flavicomous or acroamatic, because you liked the sound of them, you were lost.
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I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety, because if a man is a fool, the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking.
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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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If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish prig.
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