The history of liberty is a history of resistance.
WOODROW WILSONAny 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.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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One of the proofs of the divinity of our gospel is the preaching it has survived.
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“Genius is divine perseverance.” Divine patience I believe he originally used, perseverance is better in my opinion. Genius I cannot claim nor even extra brightness but perseverance all can have.
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We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.
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When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing.
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Progressiveness means not standing still when everything else is moving.
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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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A man may be defeated by his own secondary successes.
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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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Segregation is not humiliating but a benefit.
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If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
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I am sorry for men who do not read the Bible every day. I wonder why they deprive themselves of the strength and pleasure.
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The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.
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America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only if it consists of all of us.
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A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.
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The way to stop financial joyriding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile.
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