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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.

Woodrow Wilson

It is not an army that we must train for war; it is a nation.
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Nation Training War
The seed of revolution is repression.
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One Liner Oppression Revolution
Liberty does not consist in mere declarations of the rights of man. It consists in the translation of those declarations into definite action.
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Action Declaration Liberty Right Translation
The great monopoly in this country is the money monopoly. So long as it exists, our old variety of freedom and individual energy of development are out of the question.
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Country Development Greatness Money Question
Absolute identity with one’s cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.
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Condition Identity Leadership Reason
Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence is a practical document for the use of practical men. It is not a thesis for philosophers, but a whip for tyrants; it is not a theory of government but a program of action.
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Action Document Government Independence Practical Program Theory
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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Better Counseling Difficult Life Man Possible Stand
Never murder a man when he’s busy committing suicide.
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Man Murder Suicide
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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Brave Challenge Man Obstacle Scare
There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.
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Goodness Greatness Human Religion Service Work
Every people has a right to choose the sovereignty under which they shall live.
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Choice Live People Right
Only peace between equals can last.
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Equality Last Peace
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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Direction Machine Party Person Vote
Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.
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Democracy Form Government Principle
I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose.
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Day Lose Myself Reason Win
We have beaten the living, but we cannot fight the dead.
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Beat Death Fight Live

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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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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