There is something better, if possible, that a man can give than his life. That is his living spirit to a service that is not easy, to resist counsels that are hard to resist, to stand against purposes that are difficult to stand against.
WOODROW WILSONWe cannot be separated in interest or divided in purpose. We stand together until the end.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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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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I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
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Work is the keystone of a perfect life. Work and trust in God.
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If the colored people made a mistake in voting for me, they ought to correct it.
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The princes among us are those who forget themselves and serve others.
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I am the friend of peace and mean to preserve it for America so long as I am able. No course of my choosing or of their (nations at war) will lead to war. War can come only by the wilful acts and aggressions of others.
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We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.
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Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world.
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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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All things come to him who waits – provided he knows what he is waiting for.
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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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“Genius is divine perseverance.” Divine patience I believe he originally used, perseverance is better in my opinion. Genius I cannot claim nor even extra brightness but perseverance all can have.
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Remember that God ordained that I should be the next president of the United States. Neither you nor any other mortal or mortals could have prevented this.
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No government has ever been beneficent when the attitude of government was that it was taking care of the people. The only freedom consists in the people taking care of the government.
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