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Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world.

Woodrow Wilson

The whole purpose of democracy is that we may hold counsel with one another, so as not to depend upon the understanding of one man.
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Counseling Democracy Man Purpose Understand
Understanding is the soil in which grow all the fruits of friendship.
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Friendship Fruit Growth Understand
The object of love is to serve, not to win.
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Love Object Service Win
We must believe the things We teach our children
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Believe Children Ourselves Teaching
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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Character Devotion Himself Man People Thinking
No government has ever been beneficent when the attitude of government was that it was taking care of the people. The only freedom consists in the people taking care of the government.
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Attitude Care Freedom Government People
I would not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with great respect of the past.
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Greatness Myself Party Past Respect Talk
We are no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.
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Domination Freedom Government Majority Man Opinion Vote
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
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Achievement Forget Greatness Hope Live Mistake Order Vision World Yourself
When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.
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Freedom Man Sacred War
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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Company Enjoyment Friendship Myself Teaching
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
No man can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
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Empty God Stomach Worship
The princes among us are those who forget themselves and serve others.
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Forget King Service Value
The fewer the desires, the more peace.
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Desire Peace Spiritual
I could see now that a literary education did not fit one for the popular novelist’s trade.Once you had started using words like flavicomous or acroamatic, because you liked the sound of them, you were lost.
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Education Literacy Lost Sound Start Yourself

Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world.

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