We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.
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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No people are true Christians who do not think constantly of how they can lift their brother and sister, how they can assist their friends, how they can enlighten mankind, how they can make virtue the rule of conduct in the circle in which they live.
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Excesses accomplish nothing. Disorder immediately defeats itself.
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Thought cannot conceive of anything that may not be brought to expression. He who first uttered it may be only the suggester, but the doer will appear.
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What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind.
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As a matter of fact and experience, the more power is divided the more irresponsible it becomes.
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The history of liberty is a history of resistance.
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Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.
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Liberty does not consist in mere declarations of the rights of man. It consists in the translation of those declarations into definite action.
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America cannot be an ostrich with its head in the sand.
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War isn’t declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.
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If you lose your wealth, you have lost nothing; if you lose your health, you have lost something; but if you lose your character, you have lost everything.
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We are no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.
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Responsibility is proportionate to opportunity.
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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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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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