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.
WOODROW WILSONIf the colored people made a mistake in voting for me, they ought to correct it.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
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I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose.
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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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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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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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The roll of honor consists of the names of meant who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.
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We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the world.
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No man has ever risen to the stature of spiritual manhood until he has found that it is finer to serve somebody else than it is to serve himself.
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What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind.
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Only peace between equals can last.
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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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High society is for those who have stopped working and no longer have anything important to do.
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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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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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There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.
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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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War isn’t declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.
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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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The world must be made safe for democracy.
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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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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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I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.
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Every people has a right to choose the sovereignty under which they shall live.
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I had rather have everybody on my side than be armed to the teeth.
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America was born a Christian nation.
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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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