The princes among us are those who forget themselves and serve others.
WOODROW WILSONThe ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.
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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You cannot tear up ancient rootages and safely plant the tree of liberty in soil that is not native to it.
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Government ought to be all outside and no inside. Everybody knows that corruption thrives in secret places, and avoids public places, and we believe it a fair presumption that secrecy means impropriety.
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The object of love is to serve, not to win.
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A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.
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The right is more precious than peace.
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The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
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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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One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.
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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.
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If you’ve made up your mind you can do something, you’re absolutely RIGHT.
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The whole purpose of democracy is that we may hold counsel with one another, so as not to depend upon the understanding of one man.
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The way to stop financial joyriding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile.
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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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That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.
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