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Excesses accomplish nothing. Disorder immediately defeats itself.

Woodrow Wilson

A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.
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Government Help Man Representation Willing
Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence is a practical document for the use of practical men. It is not a thesis for philosophers, but a whip for tyrants; it is not a theory of government but a program of action.
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Action Document Government Independence Practical Program Theory
The world must be made safe for democracy.
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Democracy Safety World
To do things today exactly the way you did them yesterday saves thinking.
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Day Save Thinking Way
Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.
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Fear God Need Yourself
To fight, you must be brutal and ruthless, and the spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into the very fibre of national life.
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Brutal Fight Life National Spirit
The whole purpose of democracy is that we may hold counsel with one another, so as not to depend upon the understanding of one man.
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Counseling Democracy Man Purpose Understand
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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Crisis Life Salvation Thinking
Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.
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Heart Loyalty Myself Principle Sacrifice
We must believe the things We teach our children
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Believe Children Ourselves Teaching
The cure for bad politics is the same as the cure for tuberculosis. It is living in the open.
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Bad Live Open Politics
If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.
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Conscience Dog Examination Face Home Yourself
When correcting a child, the goal is to apply light, not heat.
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Children Heat Light
We ought to regard ourselves and to act as socialists–believers in the wholesomeness and beneficence of the body politic.
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Act Body Politics Regard Socialist
The object of love is to serve, not to win.
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Love Object Service Win
The truth is we are all caught in a great economic system which is heartless.
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Economics Greatness Heart System Trap Truth

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