I have the feeling that he would rather see a good cause fail than succeed if he were not the head of it.
WOODROW WILSONSelf-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse. Untrammeled reasoning is the indulgence of the philosopher, of the dreamer of sweet dreams.
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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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At every crisis in one’s life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend to whom you can think aloud without restraint or misgiving.
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Has justice ever grown in the soil of absolute power? Has not justice always come from the … heart and spirit of men who resist power?
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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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You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand
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The use of a university is to make young gentlemen as unlike their fathers as possible.
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Men grow by having responsibility laid upon them.
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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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A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.
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The masters of the government of the United States are the combined capitalists and manufacturers of the United States.
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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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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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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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Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.
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