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.
WOODROW WILSONA 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.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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Is there any man here or any woman, let me say is there any child here, who does not know that the seed of war in the modern world is industrial and commercial rivalry?
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Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse. Untrammeled reasoning is the indulgence of the philosopher, of the dreamer of sweet dreams.
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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.
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America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only if it consists of all of us.
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What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind.
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Liberty does not consist in mere declarations of the rights of man. It consists in the translation of those declarations into definite action.
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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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Work is the keystone of a perfect life. Work and trust in God.
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Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.
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I am not one of those who believe that a great standing army is the means of maintaining peace, because if you build up a great profession those who form parts of it want to exercise their profession.
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We cannot be separated in interest or divided in purpose. We stand together until the end.
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I am sorry for men who do not read the Bible every day. I wonder why they deprive themselves of the strength and pleasure.
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There is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.
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We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.
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We grow by our dreams.
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