Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.
WOODROW WILSONWe are intensely proud of their noble record and are glad to have had the whole world see how irresistible they are in their might when a cause which America holds dear is at stake. The whole nation has reason to be proud of them.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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The princes among us are those who forget themselves and serve others.
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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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If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.
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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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What is the use of voting? We know that the machines of both parties are subsidized by the same persons, and therefore it is useless to turn in either direction.
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It does not become America that within her borders, where every man is free to follow the dictates of his conscience, men should raise the cry of church against church. To do that is to strike at the very spirit and heart of America.
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There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.
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As a matter of fact and experience, the more power is divided the more irresponsible it becomes.
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You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand
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I would not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with great respect of the past.
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There’s not an idea in our heads that has not been worn shiny by someone else’s brains.
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The right is more precious than peace.
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It’s harder for a leader to be born in a palace than to be born in a cabin.
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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 world can be at peace only if the world is stable, and there can be no stability where the will is in rebellion, where there is not tranquility of spirit and a sense of justice, of freedom, and of right.
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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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Work is the keystone of a perfect life. Work and trust in God.
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When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.
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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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Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.
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There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.
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At every crisis in one’s life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend to whom you can think aloud without restraint or misgiving.
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The cure for bad politics is the same as the cure for tuberculosis. It is living in the open.
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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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Men grow by having responsibility laid upon them.
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A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.
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