The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.
WOODROW WILSONThe cure for bad politics is the same as the cure for tuberculosis. It is living in the open.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
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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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No man that does not see visions will ever realize any high hope or undertake any high enterprise.
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At every crisis in one’s life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend to whom you can think aloud without restraint or misgiving.
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A man’s rootage is more important than his leafage.
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Absolute identity with one’s cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.
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Liberty does not consist in mere declarations of the rights of man. It consists in the translation of those declarations into definite action.
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Men grow by having responsibility laid upon them.
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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.
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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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If you lose your wealth, you have lost nothing; if you lose your health, you have lost something; but if you lose your character, you have lost everything.
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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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Government, in it’s last analysis, is organized force.
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All things come to him who waits – provided he knows what he is waiting for.
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When you have read the Bible, you will know it is the word of God, because you will have found it the key to your own heart, your own happiness and your own duty.
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