There’s not an idea in our heads that has not been worn shiny by someone else’s brains.
WOODROW WILSONNo people are true Christians who do not think constantly of how they can lift their brother and sister, how they can assist their friends, how they can enlighten mankind, how they can make virtue the rule of conduct in the circle in which they live.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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The right is more precious than peace.
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A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.
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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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A fault which humbles a person is of more use to him or her than a good action which puffs him or her up.
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The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.
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Only peace between equals can last.
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A man’s rootage is more important than his leafage.
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The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.
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If the colored people made a mistake in voting for me, they ought to correct it.
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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 fewer the desires, the more peace.
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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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If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.
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I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
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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.
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