When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.
WOODROW WILSONIf a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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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 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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No man ever saw a government. I live in the midst of the Government of the United States, but I never saw the Government of the United States.
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The history of liberty is a history of resistance.
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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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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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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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The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.
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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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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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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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A presidential campaign may easily degenerate into a mere personal contest, and so lose its real dignity. There is no indispensable man.
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We ought to regard ourselves and to act as socialists–believers in the wholesomeness and beneficence of the body politic.
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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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As a matter of fact and experience, the more power is divided the more irresponsible it becomes.
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