The ordinary literary man, even though he be an eminent historian, is ill-fitted to be a mentor in affairs of government. For… things are for the most part very simple in books, and in practical life very complex.
WOODROW WILSONAs a matter of fact and experience, the more power is divided the more irresponsible it becomes.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday, does not know what it is today, nor what it is trying to do. We are trying to do a futile thing if we do not know where we came from or what we have been about.
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The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.
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Absolute identity with one’s cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.
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What every man seeks is satisfaction. He deceives himself so long as he imagines it to lie in self-indulgence.
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Life does not consist in thinking, it consists in acting.
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Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord’s Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
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Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.
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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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When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.
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We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.
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The princes among us are those who forget themselves and serve others.
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Character, my friends, is a byproduct. It is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.
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To fight, you must be brutal and ruthless, and the spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into the very fibre of national life.
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Is there any man here or any woman, let me say is there any child here, who does not know that the seed of war in the modern world is industrial and commercial rivalry?
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I had rather have everybody on my side than be armed to the teeth.
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