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.
WOODROW WILSONFear God and you need not fear anyone else.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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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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A presidential campaign may easily degenerate into a mere personal contest, and so lose its real dignity. There is no indispensable man.
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War isn’t declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.
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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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The history of liberty is a history of resistance.
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The right is more precious than peace.
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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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The roll of honor consists of the names of meant who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.
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Only peace between equals can last.
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The princes among us are those who forget themselves and serve others.
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We grow by our dreams.
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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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The world must be made safe for democracy.
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When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.
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If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if an hour, I am ready now.
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I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
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The seed of revolution is repression.
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Men are not put into this world to go the path of ease, they are put into this world to go the path of pain and struggle.
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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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A radical is one of whom people say ”He goes too far.” A conservative, on the other hand, is one who ”doesn’t go far enough.” Then there is the reactionary, ”one who doesn’t go at all.” All these terms are more or less objectionable, wherefore we have.
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Any man that resists the present tides that run in the world, will find himself thrown upon a shore so high and barren that it will seem he has been separated from his human kind forever.
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The white men were roused by a mere instinct of self-preservation—until at last there had sprung into existence a great Ku Klux Klan, a veritable empire of the South, to protect the Southern country.
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Understanding is the soil in which grow all the fruits of friendship.
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Every people has a right to choose the sovereignty under which they shall live.
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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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It is the object of learning, not only to satisfy the curiosity and perfect the spirits of ordinary men, but also to advance civilization.
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