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.
WOODROW WILSONWhat we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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I have the feeling that he would rather see a good cause fail than succeed if he were not the head of it.
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Government, in it’s last analysis, is organized force.
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The truth is we are all caught in a great economic system which is heartless.
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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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There’s not an idea in our heads that has not been worn shiny by someone else’s brains.
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The man who has no vision will undertake no great enterprise.
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The princes among us are those who forget themselves and serve others.
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Only peace between equals can last.
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To do things today exactly the way you did them yesterday saves thinking.
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The roll of honor consists of the names of meant who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.
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Is there any man here or any woman, let me say is there any child here, who does not know that the seed of war in the modern world is industrial and commercial rivalry?
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Hunger does not breed reform; it breeds madness and all the distemper’s that make an ordered life impossible.
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The masters of the government of the United States are the combined capitalists and manufacturers of the United States.
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It is the object of learning, not only to satisfy the curiosity and perfect the spirits of ordinary men, but also to advance civilization.
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No man that does not see visions will ever realize any high hope or undertake any high enterprise.
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