Self-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril.
WOODROW WILSONHas justice ever grown in the soil of absolute power? Has not justice always come from the … heart and spirit of men who resist power?
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A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.
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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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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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If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.
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Character, my friends, is a byproduct. It is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.
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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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Work is the keystone of a perfect life. Work and trust in God.
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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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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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Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.
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I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something.
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High society is for those who have stopped working and no longer have anything important to do.
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The white men were roused by a mere instinct of self-preservation—until at last there had sprung into existence a great Ku Klux Klan, a veritable empire of the South, to protect the Southern country.
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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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The use of a university is to make young gentlemen as unlike their fathers as possible.
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