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.
WOODROW WILSONWhat every man seeks is satisfaction. He deceives himself so long as he imagines it to lie in self-indulgence.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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What every man seeks is satisfaction. He deceives himself so long as he imagines it to lie in self-indulgence.
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I do not want a government that will take care of me, I want a government that will make other men take their hands off me so I can take care of myself.
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I have the feeling that he would rather see a good cause fail than succeed if he were not the head of it.
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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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A man’s rootage is more important than his leafage.
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You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
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The man who disparages music as a luxury and non-essential is doing the nation an injury. Music now, more than ever before, is a national need.
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Any man that resists the present tides that run in the world, will find himself thrown upon a shore so high and barren that it will seem he has been separated from his human kind forever.
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Conformity will be the only virtue and any man who refuses to conform will have to pay the penalty.
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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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It is the object of learning, not only to satisfy the curiosity and perfect the spirits of ordinary men, but also to advance civilization.
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Today’s greatest labor-saving device is tomorrow.
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The sum of the whole matter is this – our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually.
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The man who has no vision will undertake no great enterprise.
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Segregation is not humiliating but a benefit.
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