Men grow by having responsibility laid upon them.
WOODROW WILSONYou are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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What every man seeks is satisfaction. He deceives himself so long as he imagines it to lie in self-indulgence.
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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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Only peace between equals can last.
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The object of love is to serve, not to win.
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I believe in Democracy because it releases the energies of every human being.
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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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I would not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with great respect of the past.
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There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.
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Thought cannot conceive of anything that may not be brought to expression. He who first uttered it may be only the suggester, but the doer will appear.
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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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That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.
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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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We grow by our dreams.
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When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing.
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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.
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