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.
WOODROW WILSONUnderstanding is the soil in which grow all the fruits of friendship.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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We cannot be separated in interest or divided in purpose. We stand together until the end.
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The shadows that now lie dark upon our path will soon be dispelled and we shall walk with the light all about us if we but be true to ourselves.
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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 had rather have everybody on my side than be armed to the teeth.
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If you’ve made up your mind you can do something, you’re absolutely RIGHT.
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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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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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The masters of the government of the United States are the combined capitalists and manufacturers of the United States.
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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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It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilizationitself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things we have always carried closest to our hearts.
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This was not after all a conventional war, a struggle between equally predacious powers; it was a war to end all wars.
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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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We came to America, either ourselves or in the persons of our ancestors, to better the ideals of men, to make them see finer things than they had seen before, to get rid of the things that divide and to make sure of the things that unite.
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One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.
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If the colored people made a mistake in voting for me, they ought to correct it.
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