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I have the feeling that he would rather see a good cause fail than succeed if he were not the head of it.

Woodrow Wilson

What is the use of voting? We know that the machines of both parties are subsidized by the same persons, and therefore it is useless to turn in either direction.
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Direction Machine Party Person Vote
Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.
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Caution Reason Secret Selfish
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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Himself Knowledge Subject
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.
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Care Government Hands Man Myself
It is not an army that we must train for war; it is a nation.
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Nation Training War
Remember that God ordained that I should be the next president of the United States. Neither you nor any other mortal or mortals could have prevented this.
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God Himself Mortal President Remember
I would not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with great respect of the past.
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Greatness Myself Party Past Respect Talk
We must believe the things We teach our children
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Believe Children Ourselves Teaching
Unless justice be done to others it will not be done to us.
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Justice Ourselves People
Responsibility is proportionate to opportunity.
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Opportunity Responsibility
Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.
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Democracy Form Government Principle
If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
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Change Enemy Inspirational Try
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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Peace Price Respect
Is there any man here or any woman, let me say is there any child here, who does not know that the seed of war in the modern world is industrial and commercial rivalry?
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Children Commercial Man Modern Myself Rival Rivalry Woman World
America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of the Holy Scripture.
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Born Devotion Holy Scripture
Never murder a man when he’s busy committing suicide.
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Man Murder Suicide
There is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.
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Breathe Organization Power Talk Watch
Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse. Untrammeled reasoning is the indulgence of the philosopher, of the dreamer of sweet dreams.
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Close Dreams Luxury Philosophy Thinking
A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.
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Change Consult Doubt
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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Action Appearance Expression Suggestion
I have the feeling that he would rather see a good cause fail than succeed if he were not the head of it.
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Failure Feeling Goodness Head
You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand
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Forget Rich Task World
The sum of the whole matter is this – our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually.
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Civilization Spiritual Survive
If you lose your wealth, you have lost nothing; if you lose your health, you have lost something; but if you lose your character, you have lost everything.
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Character Health Lose Lost Wealth Yourself
America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only if it consists of all of us.
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Country Patriot People
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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Confidence Temporary Value World
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 WILSON

Action Goodness Herself Himself Humble Mistake

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