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.
WOODROW WILSONThere 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.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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What is the use of voting? We know that the machines of both parties are subsidized by the same persons, and therefore it is useless to turn in either direction.
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We are not put into this world to sit still and know; we are put into it to act.
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I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose.
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We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.
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“Genius is divine perseverance.” Divine patience I believe he originally used, perseverance is better in my opinion. Genius I cannot claim nor even extra brightness but perseverance all can have.
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A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.
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War isn’t declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.
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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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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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America cannot be an ostrich with its head in the sand.
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Self-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril.
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The world must be made safe for democracy.
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The use of a university is to make young gentlemen as unlike their fathers as possible.
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The sum of the whole matter is this – our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually.
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Never murder a man when he’s busy committing suicide.
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