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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.

Woodrow Wilson

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
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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Direction Machine Party Person Vote
Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world.
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Ideal Identity Nation People Time World
Responsibility is proportionate to opportunity.
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Opportunity Responsibility
The object of love is to serve, not to win.
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Love Object Service Win
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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Confidence Temporary Value World
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
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Achievement Forget Greatness Hope Live Mistake Order Vision World Yourself
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
That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.
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Democracy King Myself
We want one class of persons to have a liberal education, and we want another class of persons, a very much larger class, of necessity, in every society, to forego the privileges of a liberal education and fit themselves to perform specific difficult manual tasks.
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Class Difficult Education Liberty Manual Necessary Person Society Task
I am the friend of peace and mean to preserve it for America so long as I am able. No course of my choosing or of their (nations at war) will lead to war. War can come only by the wilful acts and aggressions of others.
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Act Aggression Choice Friendship Myself Nation Peace Willing
The fewer the desires, the more peace.
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Desire Peace Spiritual
Understanding is the soil in which grow all the fruits of friendship.
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Friendship Fruit Growth Understand
You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand
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Forget Rich Task World
Government, in it’s last analysis, is organized force.
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Analysis Force Government
If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.
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Conscience Dog Examination Face Home Yourself

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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