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.
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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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 Bible is the one supreme source of revelation of the meaning of life, the nature of God and spiritual nature and need of men. It is the only guide of life which really leads the spirit in the way of peace and salvation.
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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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We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the world.
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Jefferson’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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If the colored people made a mistake in voting for me, they ought to correct it.
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No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does not know
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We are intensely proud of their noble record and are glad to have had the whole world see how irresistible they are in their might when a cause which America holds dear is at stake. The whole nation has reason to be proud of them.
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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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I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.
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I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something.
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We cannot be separated in interest or divided in purpose. We stand together until the end.
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Only peace between equals can last.
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Any man that resists the present tides that run in the world, will find himself thrown upon a shore so high and barren that it will seem he has been separated from his human kind forever.
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The sum of the whole matter is this – our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually.
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Work is the keystone of a perfect life. Work and trust in God.
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Men grow by having responsibility laid upon them.
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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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A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.
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The truth is we are all caught in a great economic system which is heartless.
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No people are true Christians who do not think constantly of how they can lift their brother and sister, how they can assist their friends, how they can enlighten mankind, how they can make virtue the rule of conduct in the circle in which they live.
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There is something better, if possible, that a man can give than his life. That is his living spirit to a service that is not easy, to resist counsels that are hard to resist, to stand against purposes that are difficult to stand against.
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The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.
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The history of liberty is a history of resistance.
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A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.
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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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