Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence is a practical document for the use of practical men. It is not a thesis for philosophers, but a whip for tyrants; it is not a theory of government but a program of action.
WOODROW WILSONLoyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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Men are not put into this world to go the path of ease, they are put into this world to go the path of pain and struggle.
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No man has ever risen to the stature of spiritual manhood until he has found that it is finer to serve somebody else than it is to serve himself.
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Understanding is the soil in which grow all the fruits of friendship.
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At every crisis in one’s life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend to whom you can think aloud without restraint or misgiving.
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Today’s greatest labor-saving device is tomorrow.
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A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.
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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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When correcting a child, the goal is to apply light, not heat.
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The object of love is to serve, not to win.
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When you have read the Bible, you will know it is the word of God, because you will have found it the key to your own heart, your own happiness and your own duty.
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The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.
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We are no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.
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We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the world.
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Conformity will be the only virtue and any man who refuses to conform will have to pay the penalty.
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There was a time when corporations played a minor part in our business affairs, but now they play the chief part, and most men are the servants of corporations.
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