No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does not know
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One of the proofs of the divinity of our gospel is the preaching it has survived.
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No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does not know
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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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Conformity will be the only virtue and any man who refuses to conform will have to pay the penalty.
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The ordinary literary man, even though he be an eminent historian, is ill-fitted to be a mentor in affairs of government. For… things are for the most part very simple in books, and in practical life very complex.
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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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There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.
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The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.
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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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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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Work is the keystone of a perfect life. Work and trust in God.
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Government, in it’s last analysis, is organized force.
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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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The roll of honor consists of the names of meant who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.
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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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As a matter of fact and experience, the more power is divided the more irresponsible it becomes.
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The great monopoly in this country is the money monopoly. So long as it exists, our old variety of freedom and individual energy of development are out of the question.
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