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Woodrow Wilson

High society is for those who have stopped working and no longer have anything important to do.
WOODROW WILSON

Important Society Stop Work
Only peace between equals can last.
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Equality Last Peace
The truth is we are all caught in a great economic system which is heartless.
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Economics Greatness Heart System Trap Truth
Benevolence does not consist in those who are prosperous pitying and helping those who are not. It consists in fellow feeling that puts you upon actually the same level with the fellow who suffers.
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Help Level Prosperity Suffering
I believe that soldiers will bear me out in saying that both come in time of battle. I take it that the moral courage comes in going into the battle, and the physical courage in staying in.
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Battle Believe Courage Moral Physical Soldier Stay
The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.
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Democracy Design Government Hands Interest People
We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the world.
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Live Rich World
No man can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
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Empty God Stomach Worship
Life does not consist in thinking, it consists in acting.
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Act Action Life Thinking
Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.
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Caution Reason Secret Selfish
Today’s greatest labor-saving device is tomorrow.
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Device Future Greatness Save
Responsibility is proportionate to opportunity.
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Opportunity Responsibility
Government ought to be all outside and no inside. Everybody knows that corruption thrives in secret places, and avoids public places, and we believe it a fair presumption that secrecy means impropriety.
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Avoid Believe Corruption Government Place Public Secret Thrive
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.
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Character Devotion Himself Man People Thinking
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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Act Aggression Choice Friendship Myself Nation Peace Willing
If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.
WOODROW WILSON

Conscience Dog Examination Face Home Yourself

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