I have always in my own thought summed up individual liberty, and business liberty, and every other kind of liberty, in the phrase that is common in the sporting world, ‘A free field and no favor.’
WOODROW WILSONA man may be defeated by his own secondary successes.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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Power consists in one’s capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.
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We cannot be separated in interest or divided in purpose. We stand together until the end.
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Has justice ever grown in the soil of absolute power? Has not justice always come from the … heart and spirit of men who resist power?
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I am not one of those who believe that a great standing army is the means of maintaining peace, because if you build up a great profession those who form parts of it want to exercise their profession.
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Never murder a man when he’s busy committing suicide.
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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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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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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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There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.
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We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the world.
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The way to stop financial joyriding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile.
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I have the feeling that he would rather see a good cause fail than succeed if he were not the head of it.
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It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilizationitself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things we have always carried closest to our hearts.
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Men are not put into this world to go the path of ease, they are put into this world to go the path of pain and struggle.
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The fewer the desires, the more peace.
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