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Woodrow Wilson

A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.
WOODROW WILSON

Government Help Man Representation Willing
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
I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
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Borrow Brain Myself
A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.
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Conservation Lazy Thinking
I have always in my own thought summed up individual liberty, and business liberty, and every other kind of liberty, in the phrase that is common in the sporting world, ‘A free field and no favor.’
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Business Kind Liberty Sports Thinking World
I had rather have everybody on my side than be armed to the teeth.
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Company Myself Side Teeth
Hunger does not breed reform; it breeds madness and all the distemper’s that make an ordered life impossible.
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Breed Hungry Impossible Life Mad Order Reform
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
There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.
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Balance Organization Peace Power Rivalry
When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing.
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Care Growth Man Myself Observation
I am the friend of peace and mean to preserve it for America so long as I am able. No course of my choosing or of their (nations at war) will lead to war. War can come only by the wilful acts and aggressions of others.
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Act Aggression Choice Friendship Myself Nation Peace Willing
A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday, does not know what it is today, nor what it is trying to do. We are trying to do a futile thing if we do not know where we came from or what we have been about.
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History Nation Past Remember Unknown
The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.
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Leadership People Ring Voice
Never murder a man when he’s busy committing suicide.
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Man Murder Suicide
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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Conscience Dog Examination Face Home Yourself
Self-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril.
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Determination Ignorance Phrase Work

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