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.
WOODROW WILSONTo conquer with arms is to make only a temporary conquest; to conquer the world by earning its esteem is to make a permanent conquest.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of the Holy Scripture.
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A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.
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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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If you lose your wealth, you have lost nothing; if you lose your health, you have lost something; but if you lose your character, you have lost everything.
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To conquer with arms is to make only a temporary conquest; to conquer the world by earning its esteem is to make a permanent conquest.
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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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No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does not know
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Unless justice be done to others it will not be done to us.
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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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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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The ordinary literary man, even though he be an eminent historian, is ill-fitted to be a mentor in affairs of government. For… things are for the most part very simple in books, and in practical life very complex.
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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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I could see now that a literary education did not fit one for the popular novelist’s trade.Once you had started using words like flavicomous or acroamatic, because you liked the sound of them, you were lost.
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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 use of a university is to make young gentlemen as unlike their fathers as possible.
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War isn’t declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.
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If you wish your children to be Christians you must really take the trouble to be Christian yourselves. Those are the only terms upon which the home will work the gracious miracle.
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We must believe the things We teach our children
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That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.
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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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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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I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
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We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.
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Segregation is not humiliating but a benefit.
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The history of liberty is a history of resistance.
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It is not an army that we must train for war; it is a nation.
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