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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.

Woodrow Wilson

Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse. Untrammeled reasoning is the indulgence of the philosopher, of the dreamer of sweet dreams.
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Close Dreams Luxury Philosophy Thinking
Life does not consist in thinking, it consists in acting.
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Act Action Life Thinking
Benevolence does not consist in those who are prosperous pitying and helping those who are not. It consists in fellow feeling that puts you upon actually the same level with the fellow who suffers.
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Help Level Prosperity Suffering
That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.
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Democracy King Myself
Conformity will be the only virtue and any man who refuses to conform will have to pay the penalty.
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Man Pay Penalty Refuse Virtue
We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the world.
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Live Rich World
Never murder a man when he’s busy committing suicide.
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Man Murder Suicide
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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Breathe Organization Power Talk Watch
To conquer with arms is to make only a temporary conquest; to conquer the world by earning its esteem is to make a permanent conquest.
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Confidence Temporary Value World
I had rather have everybody on my side than be armed to the teeth.
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Company Myself Side Teeth
Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence is a practical document for the use of practical men. It is not a thesis for philosophers, but a whip for tyrants; it is not a theory of government but a program of action.
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Action Document Government Independence Practical Program Theory
Work is the keystone of a perfect life. Work and trust in God.
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God Life Perfection Trust Work
No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does not know
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Himself Knowledge Subject
What is the use of voting? We know that the machines of both parties are subsidized by the same persons, and therefore it is useless to turn in either direction.
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Direction Machine Party Person Vote
If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.
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Conscience Dog Examination Face Home Yourself
We are not put into this world to sit still and know; we are put into it to act.
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Act Born Growth World

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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