I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose.
WOODROW WILSONYou cannot tear up ancient rootages and safely plant the tree of liberty in soil that is not native to it.
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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“Genius is divine perseverance.” Divine patience I believe he originally used, perseverance is better in my opinion. Genius I cannot claim nor even extra brightness but perseverance all can have.
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One of the proofs of the divinity of our gospel is the preaching it has survived.
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Government, in it’s last analysis, is organized force.
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Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.
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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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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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You cannot tear up ancient rootages and safely plant the tree of liberty in soil that is not native to it.
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The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.
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The man who reads everything is like the man who eats everything: he can digest nothing, and the penalty of crowding one’s mind with other men’s thoughts is to have no thoughts of one’s own.
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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 you’ve made up your mind you can do something, you’re absolutely RIGHT.
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Men grow by having responsibility laid upon them.
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America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of the Holy Scripture.
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There’s not an idea in our heads that has not been worn shiny by someone else’s brains.
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