It is not an army that we must train for war; it is a nation.
WOODROW WILSONThere was a time when corporations played a minor part in our business affairs, but now they play the chief part, and most men are the servants of corporations.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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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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It does not become America that within her borders, where every man is free to follow the dictates of his conscience, men should raise the cry of church against church. To do that is to strike at the very spirit and heart of America.
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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 shadows that now lie dark upon our path will soon be dispelled and we shall walk with the light all about us if we but be true to ourselves.
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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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A radical is one of whom people say ”He goes too far.” A conservative, on the other hand, is one who ”doesn’t go far enough.” Then there is the reactionary, ”one who doesn’t go at all.” All these terms are more or less objectionable, wherefore we have.
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A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.
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No man can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
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To fight, you must be brutal and ruthless, and the spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into the very fibre of national life.
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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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The cure for bad politics is the same as the cure for tuberculosis. It is living in the open.
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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 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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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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Only peace between equals can last.
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