Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.
WOODROW WILSONThe 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.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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America cannot be an ostrich with its head in the sand.
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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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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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Every people has a right to choose the sovereignty under which they shall live.
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We are intensely proud of their noble record and are glad to have had the whole world see how irresistible they are in their might when a cause which America holds dear is at stake. The whole nation has reason to be proud of them.
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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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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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Work is the keystone of a perfect life. Work and trust in God.
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The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
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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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I believe in Democracy because it releases the energies of every human being.
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High society is for those who have stopped working and no longer have anything important to do.
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A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.
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A man’s rootage is more important than his leafage.
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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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