I have always in my own thought summed up individual liberty, and business liberty, and every other kind of liberty, in the phrase that is common in the sporting world, ‘A free field and no favor.’
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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We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the world.
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I am the friend of peace and mean to preserve it for America so long as I am able. No course of my choosing or of their (nations at war) will lead to war. War can come only by the wilful acts and aggressions of others.
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The world must be made safe for democracy.
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America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only if it consists of all of us.
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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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War isn’t declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.
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It does not become America that within her borders, where every man is free to follow the dictates of his conscience, men should raise the cry of church against church. To do that is to strike at the very spirit and heart of America.
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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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The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.
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One of the proofs of the divinity of our gospel is the preaching it has survived.
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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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You cannot tear up ancient rootages and safely plant the tree of liberty in soil that is not native to it.
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The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.
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We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the world.
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