We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the world.
WOODROW WILSONWar isn’t declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.
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We ought to regard ourselves and to act as socialists–believers in the wholesomeness and beneficence of the body politic.
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When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.
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The princes among us are those who forget themselves and serve others.
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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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There is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.
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If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
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A man’s rootage is more important than his leafage.
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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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I am not one of those who believe that a great standing army is the means of maintaining peace, because if you build up a great profession those who form parts of it want to exercise their profession.
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The fewer the desires, the more peace.
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The truth is we are all caught in a great economic system which is heartless.
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The white men were roused by a mere instinct of self-preservation—until at last there had sprung into existence a great Ku Klux Klan, a veritable empire of the South, to protect the Southern country.
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Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.
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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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One of the proofs of the divinity of our gospel is the preaching it has survived.
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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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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.
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I am the friend of peace and mean to preserve it for America so long as I am able. No course of my choosing or of their (nations at war) will lead to war. War can come only by the wilful acts and aggressions of others.
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When correcting a child, the goal is to apply light, not heat.
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If the colored people made a mistake in voting for me, they ought to correct it.
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We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the world.
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A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.
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We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.
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All things come to him who waits – provided he knows what he is waiting for.
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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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