You cannot tear up ancient rootages and safely plant the tree of liberty in soil that is not native to it.
WOODROW WILSONAt 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.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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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.’
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One of the proofs of the divinity of our gospel is the preaching it has survived.
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Is there any man here or any woman, let me say is there any child here, who does not know that the seed of war in the modern world is industrial and commercial rivalry?
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Responsibility is proportionate to opportunity.
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Understanding is the soil in which grow all the fruits of friendship.
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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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Self-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril.
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This was not after all a conventional war, a struggle between equally predacious powers; it was a war to end all wars.
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There’s not an idea in our heads that has not been worn shiny by someone else’s brains.
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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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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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We must believe the things We teach our children
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The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.
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You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
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The roll of honor consists of the names of meant who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.
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