When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing.
WOODROW WILSONJefferson’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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Men are not put into this world to go the path of ease, they are put into this world to go the path of pain and struggle.
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The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.
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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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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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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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We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.
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If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if an hour, I am ready now.
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If you lose your wealth, you have lost nothing; if you lose your health, you have lost something; but if you lose your character, you have lost everything.
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The great monopoly in this country is the money monopoly. So long as it exists, our old variety of freedom and individual energy of development are out of the question.
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I believe in Democracy because it releases the energies of every human being.
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Big business is not dangerous because it is big, but because its bigness is an unwholesome inflation created by privileges and exemptions which it ought not to enjoy.
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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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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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Hunger does not breed reform; it breeds madness and all the distemper’s that make an ordered life impossible.
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Responsibility is proportionate to opportunity.
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