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.
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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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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There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.
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Power consists in one’s capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.
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America cannot be an ostrich with its head in the sand.
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The way to stop financial joyriding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile.
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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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The man who reads everything is like the man who eats everything: he can digest nothing, and the penalty of crowding one’s mind with other men’s thoughts is to have no thoughts of one’s own.
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Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.
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Today’s greatest labor-saving device is tomorrow.
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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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The history of liberty is a history of resistance.
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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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I had rather have everybody on my side than be armed to the teeth.
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I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose.
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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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