Liberty does not consist in mere declarations of the rights of man. It consists in the translation of those declarations into definite action.
WOODROW WILSONI 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.’
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Self-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril.
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I believe that soldiers will bear me out in saying that both come in time of battle. I take it that the moral courage comes in going into the battle, and the physical courage in staying in.
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We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the world.
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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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There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.
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War isn’t declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.
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I would never read a book if it were possible for me to talk half an hour with the man who wrote it.
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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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America was born a Christian nation.
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Absolute identity with one’s cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.
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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 am sorry for men who do not read the Bible every day. I wonder why they deprive themselves of the strength and pleasure.
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No people are true Christians who do not think constantly of how they can lift their brother and sister, how they can assist their friends, how they can enlighten mankind, how they can make virtue the rule of conduct in the circle in which they live.
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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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A man may be defeated by his own secondary successes.
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