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Every people has a right to choose the sovereignty under which they shall live.

Woodrow Wilson

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.
WOODROW WILSON

Affair Complex Literacy Man Ordinary
It’s harder for a leader to be born in a palace than to be born in a cabin.
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Born Hard Leadership Palace
The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.
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Brave Challenge Man Obstacle Scare
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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Government Help Man Representation Willing
We are no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.
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Domination Freedom Government Majority Man Opinion Vote
Remember that God ordained that I should be the next president of the United States. Neither you nor any other mortal or mortals could have prevented this.
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God Himself Mortal President Remember
Only peace between equals can last.
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Equality Last Peace
The seed of revolution is repression.
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One Liner Oppression Revolution
Absolute identity with one’s cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.
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Condition Identity Leadership Reason
When correcting a child, the goal is to apply light, not heat.
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Children Heat Light
If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if an hour, I am ready now.
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Myself Preparation Ready Time
Character, my friends, is a byproduct. It is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.
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Character Daily Friendship Greatness
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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Care Government Hands Man Myself
I believe in Democracy because it releases the energies of every human being.
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Believe Democracy Energy Human Myself
What every man seeks is satisfaction. He deceives himself so long as he imagines it to lie in self-indulgence.
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Imagination Indulgence Man Satisfaction Seek
Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.
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Caution Reason Secret Selfish

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