When correcting a child, the goal is to apply light, not heat.
WOODROW WILSONUncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse. Untrammeled reasoning is the indulgence of the philosopher, of the dreamer of sweet dreams.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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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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The fewer the desires, the more peace.
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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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I had rather have everybody on my side than be armed to the teeth.
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There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.
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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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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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If you wish your children to be Christians you must really take the trouble to be Christian yourselves. Those are the only terms upon which the home will work the gracious miracle.
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Responsibility is proportionate to opportunity.
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The truth is we are all caught in a great economic system which is heartless.
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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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A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.
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Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.
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I would never read a book if it were possible for me to talk half an hour with the man who wrote it.
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If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if an hour, I am ready now.
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