I do not want a government that will take care of me, I want a government that will make other men take their hands off me so I can take care of myself.
WOODROW WILSONIf 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.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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A fault which humbles a person is of more use to him or her than a good action which puffs him or her up.
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To be free is not necessarily to be wise. Wisdom comes with counsel, with the frank and free conference of untrammeled men united in the common interest.
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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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When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.
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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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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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No people are true Christians who do not think constantly of how they can lift their brother and sister, how they can assist their friends, how they can enlighten mankind, how they can make virtue the rule of conduct in the circle in which they live.
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The world must be made safe for democracy.
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The way to stop financial joyriding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile.
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A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.
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Thought cannot conceive of anything that may not be brought to expression. He who first uttered it may be only the suggester, but the doer will appear.
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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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A man may be defeated by his own secondary successes.
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I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
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It is the object of learning, not only to satisfy the curiosity and perfect the spirits of ordinary men, but also to advance civilization.
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