Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse. Untrammeled reasoning is the indulgence of the philosopher, of the dreamer of sweet dreams.
WOODROW WILSON
Self-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse. Untrammeled reasoning is the indulgence of the philosopher, of the dreamer of sweet dreams.
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If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if an hour, I am ready now.
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Never murder a man when he’s busy committing suicide.
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This was not after all a conventional war, a struggle between equally predacious powers; it was a war to end all wars.
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Has justice ever grown in the soil of absolute power? Has not justice always come from the … heart and spirit of men who resist power?
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The truth is we are all caught in a great economic system which is heartless.
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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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A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.
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The cure for bad politics is the same as the cure for tuberculosis. It is living in the open.
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Excesses accomplish nothing. Disorder immediately defeats itself.
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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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Character, my friends, is a byproduct. It is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.
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No man ever saw a government. I live in the midst of the Government of the United States, but I never saw the Government of the United States.
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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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A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.
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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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