A fault which humbles a person is of more use to him or her than a good action which puffs him or her up.
WOODROW WILSONIf a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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I would never read a book if it were possible for me to talk half an hour with the man who wrote it.
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I had rather have everybody on my side than be armed to the teeth.
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Never murder a man when he’s busy committing suicide.
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No man can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
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The right is more precious than peace.
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I would not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with great respect of the past.
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Responsibility is proportionate to opportunity.
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You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand
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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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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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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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When correcting a child, the goal is to apply light, not heat.
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I believe in Democracy because it releases the energies of every human being.
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It’s harder for a leader to be born in a palace than to be born in a cabin.
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We want one class of persons to have a liberal education, and we want another class of persons, a very much larger class, of necessity, in every society, to forego the privileges of a liberal education and fit themselves to perform specific difficult manual tasks.
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