What every man seeks is satisfaction. He deceives himself so long as he imagines it to lie in self-indulgence.
WOODROW WILSONLife does not consist in thinking, it consists in acting.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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There is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.
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Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.
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The great monopoly in this country is the money monopoly. So long as it exists, our old variety of freedom and individual energy of development are out of the question.
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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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One of the proofs of the divinity of our gospel is the preaching it has survived.
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I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something.
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When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.
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No man has ever risen to the stature of spiritual manhood until he has found that it is finer to serve somebody else than it is to serve himself.
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You cannot tear up ancient rootages and safely plant the tree of liberty in soil that is not native to it.
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Men are not put into this world to go the path of ease, they are put into this world to go the path of pain and struggle.
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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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If you’ve made up your mind you can do something, you’re absolutely RIGHT.
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I am not one of those who believe that a great standing army is the means of maintaining peace, because if you build up a great profession those who form parts of it want to exercise their profession.
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If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if an hour, I am ready now.
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We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the world.
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