The world can be at peace only if the world is stable, and there can be no stability where the will is in rebellion, where there is not tranquility of spirit and a sense of justice, of freedom, and of right.
WOODROW WILSONAs a matter of fact and experience, the more power is divided the more irresponsible it becomes.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.
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The princes among us are those who forget themselves and serve others.
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You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand
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Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.
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I would not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with great respect of the past.
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No man ever saw a government. I live in the midst of the Government of the United States, but I never saw the Government of the United States.
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The right is more precious than peace.
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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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The history of liberty is a history of resistance.
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It does not become America that within her borders, where every man is free to follow the dictates of his conscience, men should raise the cry of church against church. To do that is to strike at the very spirit and heart of America.
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One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.
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Understanding is the soil in which grow all the fruits of friendship.
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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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Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.
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We are no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.
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