Government, in it’s last analysis, is organized force.
WOODROW WILSONGovernment, in it’s last analysis, is organized force.
WOODROW WILSONWhat every man seeks is satisfaction. He deceives himself so long as he imagines it to lie in self-indulgence.
WOODROW WILSONThe world can be at peace only if the world is stable, and there can be no stability where the will is in rebellion, where there is not tranquility of spirit and a sense of justice, of freedom, and of right.
WOODROW WILSONTo conquer with arms is to make only a temporary conquest; to conquer the world by earning its esteem is to make a permanent conquest.
WOODROW WILSONThere 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.
WOODROW WILSONMen grow by having responsibility laid upon them.
WOODROW WILSONWe grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.
WOODROW WILSONThe fewer the desires, the more peace.
WOODROW WILSONIt’s harder for a leader to be born in a palace than to be born in a cabin.
WOODROW WILSONTo fight, you must be brutal and ruthless, and the spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into the very fibre of national life.
WOODROW WILSONThe Bible is the one supreme source of revelation of the meaning of life, the nature of God and spiritual nature and need of men. It is the only guide of life which really leads the spirit in the way of peace and salvation.
WOODROW WILSONPower consists in one’s capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.
WOODROW WILSONBusiness 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.
WOODROW WILSONWhen I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing.
WOODROW WILSONWhat we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind.
WOODROW WILSONThat a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.
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