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It’s harder for a leader to be born in a palace than to be born in a cabin.

Woodrow Wilson

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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Happiness Man Pleasure Reading Sorry Strength
I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
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Borrow Brain Myself
Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.
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Caution Reason Secret Selfish
The roll of honor consists of the names of meant who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.
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Consist Duty Ideal Name Role
All things come to him who waits – provided he knows what he is waiting for.
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Knowledge Patience Wait Wisdom
Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.
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Heart Loyalty Myself Principle Sacrifice
A radical is one of whom people say ”He goes too far.” A conservative, on the other hand, is one who ”doesn’t go far enough.” Then there is the reactionary, ”one who doesn’t go at all.” All these terms are more or less objectionable, wherefore we have.
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Conservation Hands Himself Object People Reaction
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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Day Lose Myself Reason Win
Life does not consist in thinking, it consists in acting.
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Act Action Life Thinking
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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Avoid Believe Corruption Government Place Public Secret Thrive
Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord’s Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
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Business Empty God Life National Spiritual Stomach Worship
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
I believe in Democracy because it releases the energies of every human being.
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Believe Democracy Energy Human Myself
What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind.
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Government Law Opinion Organization Seek
You cannot tear up ancient rootages and safely plant the tree of liberty in soil that is not native to it.
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Ancient Liberty Native Plant Safety Tears
A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.
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Change Consult Doubt

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