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.
WOODROW WILSONIf 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.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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I had rather have everybody on my side than be armed to the teeth.
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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.
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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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I am sorry for men who do not read the Bible every day. I wonder why they deprive themselves of the strength and pleasure.
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What is the use of voting? We know that the machines of both parties are subsidized by the same persons, and therefore it is useless to turn in either direction.
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Segregation is not humiliating but a benefit.
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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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A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.
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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.
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I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.
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Hunger does not breed reform; it breeds madness and all the distemper’s that make an ordered life impossible.
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I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose.
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A man may be defeated by his own secondary successes.
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I believe in Democracy because it releases the energies of every human being.
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I would never read a book if it were possible for me to talk half an hour with the man who wrote it.
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