Liberty does not consist in mere declarations of the rights of man. It consists in the translation of those declarations into definite action.
WOODROW WILSONWhat 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.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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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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I would not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with great respect of the past.
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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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It’s harder for a leader to be born in a palace than to be born in a cabin.
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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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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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Hunger does not breed reform; it breeds madness and all the distemper’s that make an ordered life impossible.
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No people are true Christians who do not think constantly of how they can lift their brother and sister, how they can assist their friends, how they can enlighten mankind, how they can make virtue the rule of conduct in the circle in which they live.
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It is not an army that we must train for war; it is a nation.
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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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There 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.
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To be free is not necessarily to be wise. Wisdom comes with counsel, with the frank and free conference of untrammeled men united in the common interest.
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Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.
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When correcting a child, the goal is to apply light, not heat.
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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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