A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.
WOODROW WILSONWe came to America, either ourselves or in the persons of our ancestors, to better the ideals of men, to make them see finer things than they had seen before, to get rid of the things that divide and to make sure of the things that unite.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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War isn’t declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.
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If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish prig.
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We have beaten the living, but we cannot fight the dead.
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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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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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Every people has a right to choose the sovereignty under which they shall live.
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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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The sum of the whole matter is this – our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually.
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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.
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The fewer the desires, the more peace.
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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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It’s harder for a leader to be born in a palace than to be born in a cabin.
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No man that does not see visions will ever realize any high hope or undertake any high enterprise.
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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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Only peace between equals can last.
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