There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.
WOODROW WILSONNo 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.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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The ordinary literary man, even though he be an eminent historian, is ill-fitted to be a mentor in affairs of government. For… things are for the most part very simple in books, and in practical life very complex.
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What is the use of voting? We know that the machines of both parties are subsidized by the same persons, and therefore it is useless to turn in either direction.
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We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.
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Character, my friends, is a byproduct. It is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.
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If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish prig.
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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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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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The cure for bad politics is the same as the cure for tuberculosis. It is living in the open.
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Never murder a man when he’s busy committing suicide.
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What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind.
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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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Responsibility is proportionate to opportunity.
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We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.
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We must believe the things We teach our children
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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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