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.
WOODROW WILSONRemember that God ordained that I should be the next president of the United States. Neither you nor any other mortal or mortals could have prevented this.
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I believe in Democracy because it releases the energies of every human being.
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It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilizationitself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things we have always carried closest to our hearts.
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The world must be made safe for democracy.
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When correcting a child, the goal is to apply light, not heat.
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A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.
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Never murder a man when he’s busy committing suicide.
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Excesses accomplish nothing. Disorder immediately defeats itself.
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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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Hunger does not breed reform; it breeds madness and all the distemper’s that make an ordered life impossible.
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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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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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If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.
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Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.
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To fight, you must be brutal and ruthless, and the spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into the very fibre of national life.
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It does not become America that within her borders, where every man is free to follow the dictates of his conscience, men should raise the cry of church against church. To do that is to strike at the very spirit and heart of America.
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