Liberty does not consist in mere declarations of the rights of man. It consists in the translation of those declarations into definite action.
WOODROW WILSONThere is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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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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If you wish your children to be Christians you must really take the trouble to be Christian yourselves. Those are the only terms upon which the home will work the gracious miracle.
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A man’s rootage is more important than his leafage.
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Men grow by having responsibility laid upon them.
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There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.
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As a matter of fact and experience, the more power is divided the more irresponsible it becomes.
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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 have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something.
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There’s not an idea in our heads that has not been worn shiny by someone else’s brains.
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There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.
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We are not put into this world to sit still and know; we are put into it to act.
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The man who has no vision will undertake no great enterprise.
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I believe that soldiers will bear me out in saying that both come in time of battle. I take it that the moral courage comes in going into the battle, and the physical courage in staying in.
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Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.
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It does not become America that within her borders, where every man is free to follow the dictates of his conscience, men should raise the cry of church against church. To do that is to strike at the very spirit and heart of America.
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