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.
WOODROW WILSONLoyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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I have the feeling that he would rather see a good cause fail than succeed if he were not the head of it.
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If the colored people made a mistake in voting for me, they ought to correct it.
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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 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.
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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 shadows that now lie dark upon our path will soon be dispelled and we shall walk with the light all about us if we but be true to ourselves.
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The Bible is the one supreme source of revelation of the meaning of life, the nature of God and spiritual nature and need of men. It is the only guide of life which really leads the spirit in the way of peace and salvation.
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There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.
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When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing.
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I would never read a book if it were possible for me to talk half an hour with the man who wrote it.
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The world must be made safe for democracy.
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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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Understanding is the soil in which grow all the fruits of friendship.
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I have always in my own thought summed up individual liberty, and business liberty, and every other kind of liberty, in the phrase that is common in the sporting world, ‘A free field and no favor.’
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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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