Thought cannot conceive of anything that may not be brought to expression. He who first uttered it may be only the suggester, but the doer will appear.
WOODROW WILSONWar isn’t declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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I could see now that a literary education did not fit one for the popular novelist’s trade.Once you had started using words like flavicomous or acroamatic, because you liked the sound of them, you were lost.
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Men grow by having responsibility laid upon them.
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The masters of the government of the United States are the combined capitalists and manufacturers of the United States.
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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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You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
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To do things today exactly the way you did them yesterday saves thinking.
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One of the proofs of the divinity of our gospel is the preaching it has survived.
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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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I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
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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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There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.
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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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The man who reads everything is like the man who eats everything: he can digest nothing, and the penalty of crowding one’s mind with other men’s thoughts is to have no thoughts of one’s own.
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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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If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if an hour, I am ready now.
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