No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does not know
WOODROW WILSONThe roll of honor consists of the names of meant who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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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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High society is for those who have stopped working and no longer have anything important to do.
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If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
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The way to stop financial joyriding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile.
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Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse. Untrammeled reasoning is the indulgence of the philosopher, of the dreamer of sweet dreams.
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We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the world.
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Every people has a right to choose the sovereignty under which they shall live.
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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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We are not put into this world to sit still and know; we are put into it to act.
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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 must believe the things We teach our children
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Today’s greatest labor-saving device is tomorrow.
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America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only if it consists of all of us.
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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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I do not want a government that will take care of me, I want a government that will make other men take their hands off me so I can take care of myself.
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