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.
WOODROW WILSONA conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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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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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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Has justice ever grown in the soil of absolute power? Has not justice always come from the … heart and spirit of men who resist power?
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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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We cannot be separated in interest or divided in purpose. We stand together until the end.
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If you lose your wealth, you have lost nothing; if you lose your health, you have lost something; but if you lose your character, you have lost everything.
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I would not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with great respect of the past.
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Today’s greatest labor-saving device is tomorrow.
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This was not after all a conventional war, a struggle between equally predacious powers; it was a war to end all wars.
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The object of love is to serve, not to win.
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I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something.
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If you wish your children to be Christians you must really take the trouble to be Christian yourselves. Those are the only terms upon which the home will work the gracious miracle.
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The way to stop financial joyriding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile.
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The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.
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Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.
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