Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.
WOODROW WILSONWe cannot be separated in interest or divided in purpose. We stand together until the end.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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It’s harder for a leader to be born in a palace than to be born in a cabin.
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I have the feeling that he would rather see a good cause fail than succeed if he were not the head of it.
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War isn’t declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.
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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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No man can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
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Only peace between equals can last.
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One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.
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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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Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.
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If you’ve made up your mind you can do something, you’re absolutely RIGHT.
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A man may be defeated by his own secondary successes.
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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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What every man seeks is satisfaction. He deceives himself so long as he imagines it to lie in self-indulgence.
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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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This was not after all a conventional war, a struggle between equally predacious powers; it was a war to end all wars.
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