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A man may be defeated by his own secondary successes.

Woodrow Wilson

No government has ever been beneficent when the attitude of government was that it was taking care of the people. The only freedom consists in the people taking care of the government.
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Attitude Care Freedom Government People
I would not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with great respect of the past.
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Greatness Myself Party Past Respect Talk
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
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Inspirational Man Stream Strength
A radical is one of whom people say ”He goes too far.” A conservative, on the other hand, is one who ”doesn’t go far enough.” Then there is the reactionary, ”one who doesn’t go at all.” All these terms are more or less objectionable, wherefore we have.
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Conservation Hands Himself Object People Reaction
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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Ancient Liberty Native Plant Safety Tears
A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.
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Conservation Lazy Thinking
Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.
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Democracy Form Government Principle
There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.
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Peace Price Respect
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
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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Confidence Temporary Value World
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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Believe Encouragement Fact Freedom Greatness Safety Talk
Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.
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Fear God Need Yourself
Progressiveness means not standing still when everything else is moving.
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Move Progress Stand
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
To do things today exactly the way you did them yesterday saves thinking.
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Day Save Thinking Way
I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
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Borrow Brain Myself

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