To conquer with arms is to make only a temporary conquest; to conquer the world by earning its esteem is to make a permanent conquest.
WOODROW WILSONA 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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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 way to stop financial joyriding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile.
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The use of a university is to make young gentlemen as unlike their fathers as possible.
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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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Only peace between equals can last.
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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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Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.
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America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of the Holy Scripture.
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The seed of revolution is repression.
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If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish prig.
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We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.
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The world can be at peace only if the world is stable, and there can be no stability where the will is in rebellion, where there is not tranquility of spirit and a sense of justice, of freedom, and of right.
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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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A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.
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When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.
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