Liberty does not consist in mere declarations of the rights of man. It consists in the translation of those declarations into definite action.
WOODROW WILSONThere must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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When correcting a child, the goal is to apply light, not heat.
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It’s harder for a leader to be born in a palace than to be born in a cabin.
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This was not after all a conventional war, a struggle between equally predacious powers; it was a war to end all wars.
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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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Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.
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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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Absolute identity with one’s cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.
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What is the use of voting? We know that the machines of both parties are subsidized by the same persons, and therefore it is useless to turn in either direction.
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We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the world.
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America was born a Christian nation.
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The truth is we are all caught in a great economic system which is heartless.
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Work is the keystone of a perfect life. Work and trust in God.
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The ordinary literary man, even though he be an eminent historian, is ill-fitted to be a mentor in affairs of government. For… things are for the most part very simple in books, and in practical life very complex.
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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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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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