The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.
WOODROW WILSONCaution is the confidential agent of selfishness.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.
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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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I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose.
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The world must be made safe for democracy.
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I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something.
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We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.
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Men grow by having responsibility laid upon them.
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We cannot be separated in interest or divided in purpose. We stand together until the end.
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Government, in it’s last analysis, is organized force.
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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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Segregation is not humiliating but a benefit.
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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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The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.
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The Bible is the one supreme source of revelation of the meaning of life, the nature of God and spiritual nature and need of men. It is the only guide of life which really leads the spirit in the way of peace and salvation.
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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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