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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.

Woodrow Wilson

The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.
WOODROW WILSON

Emotion Flag History
When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing.
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Care Growth Man Myself Observation
The truth is we are all caught in a great economic system which is heartless.
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Economics Greatness Heart System Trap Truth
The white men were roused by a mere instinct of self-preservation—until at last there had sprung into existence a great Ku Klux Klan, a veritable empire of the South, to protect the Southern country.
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Country Existence Man Protection White
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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Government Live Man Myself See
A presidential campaign may easily degenerate into a mere personal contest, and so lose its real dignity. There is no indispensable man.
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Dignity Easy Lose Man Personal President
Is there any man here or any woman, let me say is there any child here, who does not know that the seed of war in the modern world is industrial and commercial rivalry?
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Children Commercial Man Modern Myself Rival Rivalry Woman World
The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.
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Leadership People Ring Voice
I could see now that a literary education did not fit one for the popular novelist’s trade.Once you had started using words like flavicomous or acroamatic, because you liked the sound of them, you were lost.
WOODROW WILSON

Education Literacy Lost Sound Start Yourself
A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday, does not know what it is today, nor what it is trying to do. We are trying to do a futile thing if we do not know where we came from or what we have been about.
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History Nation Past Remember Unknown
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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Curiosity Learning Object Satisfaction
Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.
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Caution Reason Secret Selfish
No government has ever been beneficent when the attitude of government was that it was taking care of the people. The only freedom consists in the people taking care of the government.
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Attitude Care Freedom Government People
America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only if it consists of all of us.
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Country Patriot People
“Genius is divine perseverance.” Divine patience I believe he originally used, perseverance is better in my opinion. Genius I cannot claim nor even extra brightness but perseverance all can have.
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Bright Genius Myself Original Perseverance
If you’ve made up your mind you can do something, you’re absolutely RIGHT.
WOODROW WILSON

Achievement Inspirational Mindset Right Yourself

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