If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if an hour, I am ready now.
WOODROW WILSONTo fight, you must be brutal and ruthless, and the spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into the very fibre of national life.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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The ordinary literary man, even though he be an eminent historian, is ill-fitted to be a mentor in affairs of government. For… things are for the most part very simple in books, and in practical life very complex.
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Character, my friends, is a byproduct. It is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.
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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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There was a time when corporations played a minor part in our business affairs, but now they play the chief part, and most men are the servants of corporations.
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Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.
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The way to stop financial joyriding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile.
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No man can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
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Only peace between equals can last.
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All things come to him who waits – provided he knows what he is waiting for.
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I would not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with great respect of the past.
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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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The masters of the government of the United States are the combined capitalists and manufacturers of the United States.
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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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I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
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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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