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.
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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We are not put into this world to sit still and know; we are put into it to act.
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The world must be made safe for democracy.
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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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One of the proofs of the divinity of our gospel is the preaching it has survived.
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I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety, because if a man is a fool, the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking.
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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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The masters of the government of the United States are the combined capitalists and manufacturers of the United States.
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Segregation is not humiliating but a benefit.
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You cannot tear up ancient rootages and safely plant the tree of liberty in soil that is not native to it.
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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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We came to America, either ourselves or in the persons of our ancestors, to better the ideals of men, to make them see finer things than they had seen before, to get rid of the things that divide and to make sure of the things that unite.
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We cannot be separated in interest or divided in purpose. We stand together until the end.
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Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world.
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We have beaten the living, but we cannot fight the dead.
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We 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.
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