We came to America, either ourselves or in the persons of our ancestors, to better the ideals of men, to make them see finer things than they had seen before, to get rid of the things that divide and to make sure of the things that unite.
WOODROW WILSONI would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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The seed of revolution is repression.
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America cannot be an ostrich with its head in the sand.
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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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If the colored people made a mistake in voting for me, they ought to correct it.
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Men are not put into this world to go the path of ease, they are put into this world to go the path of pain and struggle.
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War isn’t declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.
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The whole purpose of democracy is that we may hold counsel with one another, so as not to depend upon the understanding of one man.
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There was a time when corporations played a minor part in our business affairs, but now they play the chief part, and most men are the servants of corporations.
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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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Unless justice be done to others it will not be done to us.
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If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
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Life does not consist in thinking, it consists in acting.
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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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If you’ve made up your mind you can do something, you’re absolutely RIGHT.
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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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