I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.
WOODROW WILSONThere 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.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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One of the proofs of the divinity of our gospel is the preaching it has survived.
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There was a time when corporations played a minor part in our business affairs, but now they play the chief part, and most men are the servants of corporations.
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Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.
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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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The truth is we are all caught in a great economic system which is heartless.
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The roll of honor consists of the names of meant who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.
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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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The Bible is the one supreme source of revelation of the meaning of life, the nature of God and spiritual nature and need of men. It is the only guide of life which really leads the spirit in the way of peace and salvation.
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I believe that soldiers will bear me out in saying that both come in time of battle. I take it that the moral courage comes in going into the battle, and the physical courage in staying in.
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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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No man can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
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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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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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I would never read a book if it were possible for me to talk half an hour with the man who wrote it.
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If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if an hour, I am ready now.
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