No man that does not see visions will ever realize any high hope or undertake any high enterprise.
WOODROW WILSONThe whole purpose of democracy is that we may hold counsel with one another, so as not to depend upon the understanding of one man.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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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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Progressiveness means not standing still when everything else is moving.
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The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
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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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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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The cure for bad politics is the same as the cure for tuberculosis. It is living in the open.
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As a matter of fact and experience, the more power is divided the more irresponsible it becomes.
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If you wish your children to be Christians you must really take the trouble to be Christian yourselves. Those are the only terms upon which the home will work the gracious miracle.
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If you lose your wealth, you have lost nothing; if you lose your health, you have lost something; but if you lose your character, you have lost everything.
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One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.
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There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.
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A man may be defeated by his own secondary successes.
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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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We cannot be separated in interest or divided in purpose. We stand together until the end.
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I do not want a government that will take care of me, I want a government that will make other men take their hands off me so I can take care of myself.
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