Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.
WOODROW WILSONWhen men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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I believe in Democracy because it releases the energies of every human being.
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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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There’s not an idea in our heads that has not been worn shiny by someone else’s brains.
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It does not become America that within her borders, where every man is free to follow the dictates of his conscience, men should raise the cry of church against church. To do that is to strike at the very spirit and heart of America.
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The whole purpose of democracy is that we may hold counsel with one another, so as not to depend upon the understanding of one man.
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Progressiveness means not standing still when everything else is moving.
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No man can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
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There was a time when corporations played a minor part in our business affairs, but now they play the chief part, and most men are the servants of corporations.
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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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“Genius is divine perseverance.” Divine patience I believe he originally used, perseverance is better in my opinion. Genius I cannot claim nor even extra brightness but perseverance all can have.
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It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilizationitself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things we have always carried closest to our hearts.
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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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One of the proofs of the divinity of our gospel is the preaching it has survived.
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Character, my friends, is a byproduct. It is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.
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There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.
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