I believe in Democracy because it releases the energies of every human being.
WOODROW WILSONA man’s rootage is more important than his leafage.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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The sum of the whole matter is this – our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually.
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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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We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the world.
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The world can be at peace only if the world is stable, and there can be no stability where the will is in rebellion, where there is not tranquility of spirit and a sense of justice, of freedom, and of right.
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As a matter of fact and experience, the more power is divided the more irresponsible it becomes.
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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 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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Character, my friends, is a byproduct. It is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.
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The masters of the government of the United States are the combined capitalists and manufacturers of the United States.
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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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We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.
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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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When correcting a child, the goal is to apply light, not heat.
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A man’s rootage is more important than his leafage.
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I am sorry for men who do not read the Bible every day. I wonder why they deprive themselves of the strength and pleasure.
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Conformity will be the only virtue and any man who refuses to conform will have to pay the penalty.
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A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday, does not know what it is today, nor what it is trying to do. We are trying to do a futile thing if we do not know where we came from or what we have been about.
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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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We ought to regard ourselves and to act as socialists–believers in the wholesomeness and beneficence of the body politic.
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Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse. Untrammeled reasoning is the indulgence of the philosopher, of the dreamer of sweet dreams.
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The great monopoly in this country is the money monopoly. So long as it exists, our old variety of freedom and individual energy of development are out of the question.
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Absolute identity with one’s cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.
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Any man that resists the present tides that run in the world, will find himself thrown upon a shore so high and barren that it will seem he has been separated from his human kind forever.
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Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.
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A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.
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