There is something better, if possible, that a man can give than his life. That is his living spirit to a service that is not easy, to resist counsels that are hard to resist, to stand against purposes that are difficult to stand against.
WOODROW WILSONNo man that does not see visions will ever realize any high hope or undertake any high enterprise.
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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The sum of the whole matter is this – our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually.
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Big business is not dangerous because it is big, but because its bigness is an unwholesome inflation created by privileges and exemptions which it ought not to enjoy.
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The great monopoly in this country is the money monopoly. So long as it exists, our old variety of freedom and individual energy of development are out of the question.
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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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That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.
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The cure for bad politics is the same as the cure for tuberculosis. It is living in the open.
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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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The roll of honor consists of the names of meant who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.
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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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Government ought to be all outside and no inside. Everybody knows that corruption thrives in secret places, and avoids public places, and we believe it a fair presumption that secrecy means impropriety.
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At every crisis in one’s life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend to whom you can think aloud without restraint or misgiving.
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It is the object of learning, not only to satisfy the curiosity and perfect the spirits of ordinary men, but also to advance civilization.
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Work is the keystone of a perfect life. Work and trust in God.
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The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.
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