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What every man seeks is satisfaction. He deceives himself so long as he imagines it to lie in self-indulgence.

Woodrow Wilson

We have beaten the living, but we cannot fight the dead.
WOODROW WILSON

Beat Death Fight Live
I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
WOODROW WILSON

Borrow Brain Myself
The sum of the whole matter is this – our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually.
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Civilization Spiritual Survive
Self-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril.
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Determination Ignorance Phrase Work
This was not after all a conventional war, a struggle between equally predacious powers; it was a war to end all wars.
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Equality Power Struggle War
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.
WOODROW WILSON

Believe Exercise Greatness Myself Peace Profession Stand
When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing.
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Care Growth Man Myself Observation
You cannot tear up ancient rootages and safely plant the tree of liberty in soil that is not native to it.
WOODROW WILSON

Ancient Liberty Native Plant Safety Tears
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.
WOODROW WILSON

Avoid Believe Corruption Government Place Public Secret Thrive
The object of love is to serve, not to win.
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Love Object Service Win
A man’s rootage is more important than his leafage.
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Himself Important Man
One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.
WOODROW WILSON

Counseling Heat Judgment Light
No man can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
WOODROW WILSON

Empty God Stomach Worship
The truth is we are all caught in a great economic system which is heartless.
WOODROW WILSON

Economics Greatness Heart System Trap Truth
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.
WOODROW WILSON

Character Devotion Himself Man People Thinking
The use of a university is to make young gentlemen as unlike their fathers as possible.
WOODROW WILSON

Father Possible University Young

What every man seeks is satisfaction. He deceives himself so long as he imagines it to lie in self-indulgence.

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