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.
WOODROW WILSONNo man can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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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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There is something better, if possible, that a man can give than his life. That is his living spirit to a service that is not easy, to resist counsels that are hard to resist, to stand against purposes that are difficult to stand against.
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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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Segregation is not humiliating but a benefit.
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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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We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.
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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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A presidential campaign may easily degenerate into a mere personal contest, and so lose its real dignity. There is no indispensable man.
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Absolute identity with one’s cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.
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No man that does not see visions will ever realize any high hope or undertake any high enterprise.
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This was not after all a conventional war, a struggle between equally predacious powers; it was a war to end all wars.
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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.
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The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.
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America was born a Christian nation.
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Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord’s Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
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