I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose.
WOODROW WILSONTo fight, you must be brutal and ruthless, and the spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into the very fibre of national life.
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Remember that God ordained that I should be the next president of the United States. Neither you nor any other mortal or mortals could have prevented this.
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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 are intensely proud of their noble record and are glad to have had the whole world see how irresistible they are in their might when a cause which America holds dear is at stake. The whole nation has reason to be proud of them.
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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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The masters of the government of the United States are the combined capitalists and manufacturers of the United States.
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To fight, you must be brutal and ruthless, and the spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into the very fibre of national life.
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It is the object of learning, not only to satisfy the curiosity and perfect the spirits of ordinary men, but also to advance civilization.
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One of the proofs of the divinity of our gospel is the preaching it has survived.
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What every man seeks is satisfaction. He deceives himself so long as he imagines it to lie in self-indulgence.
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Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world.
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Work is the keystone of a perfect life. Work and trust in God.
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Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.
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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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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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When you have read the Bible, you will know it is the word of God, because you will have found it the key to your own heart, your own happiness and your own duty.
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