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A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.

Woodrow Wilson

We ought to regard ourselves and to act as socialists–believers in the wholesomeness and beneficence of the body politic.
WOODROW WILSON

Act Body Politics Regard Socialist
I could see now that a literary education did not fit one for the popular novelist’s trade.Once you had started using words like flavicomous or acroamatic, because you liked the sound of them, you were lost.
WOODROW WILSON

Education Literacy Lost Sound Start Yourself
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.
WOODROW WILSON

Believe Exercise Greatness Myself Peace Profession Stand
A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday, does not know what it is today, nor what it is trying to do. We are trying to do a futile thing if we do not know where we came from or what we have been about.
WOODROW WILSON

History Nation Past Remember Unknown
No man ever saw a government. I live in the midst of the Government of the United States, but I never saw the Government of the United States.
WOODROW WILSON

Government Live Man Myself See
The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.
WOODROW WILSON

Emotion Flag History
The cure for bad politics is the same as the cure for tuberculosis. It is living in the open.
WOODROW WILSON

Bad Live Open Politics
We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the world.
WOODROW WILSON

Control Domination Rule World Worst
It is the object of learning, not only to satisfy the curiosity and perfect the spirits of ordinary men, but also to advance civilization.
WOODROW WILSON

Curiosity Learning Object Satisfaction
When correcting a child, the goal is to apply light, not heat.
WOODROW WILSON

Children Heat Light
If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
WOODROW WILSON

Change Enemy Inspirational Try
War isn’t declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.
WOODROW WILSON

Affair Declare God Human War
There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.
WOODROW WILSON

Balance Organization Peace Power Rivalry
Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.
WOODROW WILSON

Heart Loyalty Myself Principle Sacrifice
America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of the Holy Scripture.
WOODROW WILSON

Born Devotion Holy Scripture
As a matter of fact and experience, the more power is divided the more irresponsible it becomes.
WOODROW WILSON

Division Experience Fact Irresponsible Power

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