Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.
WOODROW WILSONAll things come to him who waits – provided he knows what he is waiting for.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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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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There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.
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To conquer with arms is to make only a temporary conquest; to conquer the world by earning its esteem is to make a permanent conquest.
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There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.
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I had rather have everybody on my side than be armed to the teeth.
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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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When correcting a child, the goal is to apply light, not heat.
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A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.
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I do not want a government that will take care of me, I want a government that will make other men take their hands off me so I can take care of myself.
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The man who disparages music as a luxury and non-essential is doing the nation an injury. Music now, more than ever before, is a national need.
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Thought cannot conceive of anything that may not be brought to expression. He who first uttered it may be only the suggester, but the doer will appear.
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America cannot be an ostrich with its head in the sand.
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We must believe the things We teach our children
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What every man seeks is satisfaction. He deceives himself so long as he imagines it to lie in self-indulgence.
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Self-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril.
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