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The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.

Woodrow Wilson

That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.
WOODROW WILSON

Democracy King Myself
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
The history of liberty is a history of resistance.
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History Liberty Resistance
One of the proofs of the divinity of our gospel is the preaching it has survived.
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Divine Evidence Oneself Preach Survive
Power consists in one’s capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.
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Capacity Cooperation Gift Leadership Power
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

Failure Feeling Goodness Head
If the colored people made a mistake in voting for me, they ought to correct it.
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Color Mistake Myself People Vote
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.
WOODROW WILSON

Brother Circle Enlightenment Kind Live Man People Sister Thinking True
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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Attitude Care Freedom Government People
The fewer the desires, the more peace.
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Desire Peace Spiritual
What every man seeks is satisfaction. He deceives himself so long as he imagines it to lie in self-indulgence.
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Imagination Indulgence Man Satisfaction Seek
War isn’t declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.
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Affair Declare God Human War
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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Man Pain Path Struggle World
I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety, because if a man is a fool, the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking.
WOODROW WILSON

Believe Encouragement Fact Freedom Greatness Safety Talk
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.
WOODROW WILSON

Direction Machine Party Person Vote
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
WOODROW WILSON

Achievement Forget Greatness Hope Live Mistake Order Vision World Yourself

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