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Woodrow Wilson

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
WOODROW WILSON

Inspirational Man Stream Strength
If the colored people made a mistake in voting for me, they ought to correct it.
WOODROW WILSON

Color Mistake Myself People Vote
We came to America, either ourselves or in the persons of our ancestors, to better the ideals of men, to make them see finer things than they had seen before, to get rid of the things that divide and to make sure of the things that unite.
WOODROW WILSON

Ancestor Fine Ideal Man Person Unity
Never murder a man when he’s busy committing suicide.
WOODROW WILSON

Man Murder Suicide
One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.
WOODROW WILSON

Counseling Heat Judgment Light
Only peace between equals can last.
WOODROW WILSON

Equality Last Peace
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
You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand
WOODROW WILSON

Forget Rich Task World
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.
WOODROW WILSON

Freedom Liberty Love Myself Nation Rich
A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.
WOODROW WILSON

Change Consult Doubt
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
I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something.
WOODROW WILSON

Company Enjoyment Friendship Myself Teaching
If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish prig.
WOODROW WILSON

Character Devotion Himself Man People Thinking
To fight, you must be brutal and ruthless, and the spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into the very fibre of national life.
WOODROW WILSON

Brutal Fight Life National Spirit
Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.
WOODROW WILSON

Democracy Form Government Principle
The white men were roused by a mere instinct of self-preservation—until at last there had sprung into existence a great Ku Klux Klan, a veritable empire of the South, to protect the Southern country.
WOODROW WILSON

Country Existence Man Protection White

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