If the colored people made a mistake in voting for me, they ought to correct it.
WOODROW WILSONWe ought to regard ourselves and to act as socialists–believers in the wholesomeness and beneficence of the body politic.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of 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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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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The sum of the whole matter is this – our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually.
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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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The use of a university is to make young gentlemen as unlike their fathers as possible.
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Progressiveness means not standing still when everything else is moving.
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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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There is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.
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The ordinary literary man, even though he be an eminent historian, is ill-fitted to be a mentor in affairs of government. For… things are for the most part very simple in books, and in practical life very complex.
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The great monopoly in this country is the money monopoly. So long as it exists, our old variety of freedom and individual energy of development are out of the question.
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I have the feeling that he would rather see a good cause fail than succeed if he were not the head of it.
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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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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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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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