America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of the Holy Scripture.
WOODROW WILSONMen grow by having responsibility laid upon them.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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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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Remember that God ordained that I should be the next president of the United States. Neither you nor any other mortal or mortals could have prevented this.
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A fault which humbles a person is of more use to him or her than a good action which puffs him or her up.
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The man who has no vision will undertake no great enterprise.
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A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.
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Responsibility is proportionate to opportunity.
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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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Never murder a man when he’s busy committing suicide.
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Benevolence does not consist in those who are prosperous pitying and helping those who are not. It consists in fellow feeling that puts you upon actually the same level with the fellow who suffers.
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I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety, because if a man is a fool, the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking.
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Segregation is not humiliating but a benefit.
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Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.
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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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It’s harder for a leader to be born in a palace than to be born in a cabin.
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Government ought to be all outside and no inside. Everybody knows that corruption thrives in secret places, and avoids public places, and we believe it a fair presumption that secrecy means impropriety.
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