Self-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril.
WOODROW WILSONOne cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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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.
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When correcting a child, the goal is to apply light, not heat.
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Unless justice be done to others it will not be done to us.
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I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something.
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We grow by our dreams.
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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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When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing.
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The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
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The man who has no vision will undertake no great enterprise.
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The princes among us are those who forget themselves and serve others.
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To do things today exactly the way you did them yesterday saves thinking.
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We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.
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Thought cannot conceive of anything that may not be brought to expression. He who first uttered it may be only the suggester, but the doer will appear.
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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.
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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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