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.
WOODROW WILSONThe princes among us are those who forget themselves and serve others.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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Life does not consist in thinking, it consists in acting.
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The right is more precious than peace.
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We must believe the things We teach our children
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Character, my friends, is a byproduct. It is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.
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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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The seed of revolution is repression.
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Liberty does not consist in mere declarations of the rights of man. It consists in the translation of those declarations into definite action.
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I had rather have everybody on my side than be armed to the teeth.
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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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That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.
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If you’ve made up your mind you can do something, you’re absolutely RIGHT.
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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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The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.
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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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